Spiculum Definition

spikyələm

spicula

noun

spicula

A spicule; esp., any of several spinelike organs found in lower animals, as the starfish.

Webster's New World

A small needlelike structure, such as a copulatory organ in a nematode.

American Heritage Medicine

A thrusting javelin used by Romans that replaced the pilum in the late 3rd century.

Wiktionary

A sharp, pointed crystal, especially of ice.

Wiktionary

(zoology) A sharp, needle-like structure, especially those making up the skeleton of a sponge.

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Other Word Forms of Spiculum

Singular:

spiculum

Plural:

From Latin spÄ«culum (“a little, sharp point"), from spÄ«cum, alternative form of spÄ«ca (“point, spike").

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