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Spicula

Spiculum \Spic"u*lum\, n.; pl. Spicula. [L., a little point.] (Zo["o]l.) Same as Spicule.

Spicula

Spicula \Spic"u*la\, n.; pl. Spicul[ae]. [NL., dim. of L. spica a spike, ear.] (Bot.)

  1. A little spike; a spikelet.

  2. A pointed fleshy appendage.

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spicula

n. (plural of spiculum English)

WordNet
spiculum

  1. n. small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals [syn: spicule]

  2. [also: spicula (pl)]

spicula

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Usage examples of "spicula".

Next I knew a grypeing of the Gutts and a Headayche as the poysonous Spicula did prick and vellicate the Membrums of my Braine.

One has, in chemistry, seen a glass-jar full of crystal clear liquid, clear as water, yet so saturated with some salt that the touch of any clumsy hand will send the spiculae quivering through it in every direction, and prove to the sense of sight that the salt, but half-believed in before, is there in overpowering quantities.