spirula
spirula
Definition
spiru·la (spir′yə lə, spī′ro̵o lə)
noun pl. -·lae′--lē′
any of a genus (Spirula) of two-gilled, deep-water cephalopods, having a flat spiral shell with a series of chambers
Etymology: ModL, name of the genus, dim. of L spira: see spire
Browse dictionary entries near spirula
- spirt
- spirometer
- spiroid
- spirogyra
- spirograph
- spirochetosis
- spirochete
- spiro-
- spirituous
- spirituel
- spirulina
- spiry
- spit
- spit and image
- spit and polish
- spit curl
- spital
- spitball
- spite
- spiteful
