spicula

[ spik-yuh-luh ]

/ ˈspɪk yə lə /

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noun, plural spic·u·lae

[spik-yuh-lee]. /ˈspɪk yəˌli/.

a spicule.

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Origin of spicula

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

Sed et spicula, qu in eam coniecta fuerant, eluso mittentis conatu lsionis irrita resultabant.
Beowulf|R. W. Chambers
She looked at Cromwell and thanked him for the warning, 'quia spicula praevisa minus laedunt.'
The Fifth Queen|Ford Madox Ford
The spicula are aggregated in a very condensed layer on the surface of the large calymma.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia)|Ernst Haeckel
The radiate spicula commonly with three or four, rarely five or six, unequal rays, straight or curved.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia)|Ernst Haeckel