spicule
Noun
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Noun
spicule (plural spicules)
- A sharp, needle-like piece.
- (biology) Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges.
- A needle-like mating structure found only in male nematodes.
- (astronomy) A jet of matter ejected from the photosphere of the sun.
- A small spike of flowers.
- Italian: spicola
- Russian: спи́кула
- French: spicule
- Italian: spicola
- Russian: спи́кула
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