spicula
Americannoun
plural
spiculaeEtymology
Origin of spicula
1740–50; < New Latin spīcula, Medieval Latin, equivalent to Latin spīc ( a ) ear of grain + -ula -ule
Example Sentences
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Qui cupit in sanctos, Christo cogente, referri, Abstergat mundi labem, nec gaudia carnis Captans, nec fastu tumidus, semperque futuro Instet, et evellens terroris spicula corde, Suspiciat tandem clementem in numine patrem.
From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel
The whole surface is uniformly covered with short compressed calcareous spicula embedded in the cuticle.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
The same image at EP III iii 105-6 'ergo alii noceant miseris optentque timeri, / tinctaque mordaci spicula felle gerant'.
From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear
She looked at Cromwell and thanked him for the warning, 'quia spicula praevisa minus laedunt.'
From The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court by Ford, Ford Madox
It publishes itself in creatures, reaching from particles and spicula, through transformation on transformation to the highest symmetries, arriving at consummate results without a shock or a leap.
From Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Turpin, Edna Henry Lee
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