a. [f. L. jacul-um dart + -fer- bearing + -OUS.] (See quot.)
1855. Mayne, Expos. Lex., Jaculiferus, having prickles, or spine-like darts, as those seen on the flanks of the Diodon: jaculiferous.
1887. in Syd. Soc. Lex.
