spicula

[ spik-yuh-luh ]

noun

, plural spic·u·lae [spik, -y, uh, -lee].

1. a spicule.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spicula¹

1740–50; < New Latin spīcula, Medieval Latin, equivalent to Latin spīc ( a ) ear of grain + -ula -ule

Example Sentences

Sed et spicula, qu in eam coniecta fuerant, eluso mittentis conatu lsionis irrita resultabant.

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She looked at Cromwell and thanked him for the warning, 'quia spicula praevisa minus laedunt.'

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The spicula are aggregated in a very condensed layer on the surface of the large calymma.

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The radiate spicula commonly with three or four, rarely five or six, unequal rays, straight or curved.

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This large species is distinguished by the very irregular form and size of the spicula.

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