spicula
noun
a spicule.
spiculae
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pluralof spicula.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Glance at these then fringed all round with needles and spiculae inches long; the leaf itself is a shimmering green, dusted over with a frosty down.
From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Gordon Stables
It publishes itself in creatures, reaching from particles and spiculae through transformation on transformation to the highest symmetries, arriving at consummate results without a shock or a leap.
From Essays — Second Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson
These spiculae, or darts, will remain unaltered on the glass for some months.
From The Illustrated London Reading Book by Various
When it was heated, these flints cracked and burst, and the spiculae were scattered over the pieces of pottery, sticking to them.
From Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance by Samuel Smiles
Having collected the venom carefully on a piece of glass, he examined it with a microscope, and found it to consist of sharp, saline spiculae, of a reticular appearance, extremely minute.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 578, December 1, 1832 by Various
