Insect Body Parts

noun a part of the body of a vertebrate containing the digestive organs; the belly

• The surgeons carefully examined the patients' abdomens before proceeding with the operation.
• I can't believe how many crunches she does to get those toned abdomens.
• Check out those rock-hard abs on him, his abdomens are on point.
• The city's financial abdomens were bloated with corruption and greed.

noun a small prickle or sharp point on a plant or animal

• The aculeolus on the plant's stem is used for defense against herbivores.
• Be careful not to touch the aculeolus on that cactus, it's sharp!
• Ouch, I pricked myself on the aculeolus of that thorny bush.
• His words were like aculeolus, piercing through her defenses.