📖 Definitions of "Spicules"
noun
- 1
A sharp, needle-like piece.
- 2
A tiny glass flake formed during the manufacture of glass vials
- 3
Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges.
- 4
A needle-like mating structure found only in male nematodes.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Spicules"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| spiculumnoun | (zoology) A sharp, needle-like structure, especially those making up the skeleton of a sponge. |
| diactinal | Relating to or composed of diactines. |
| gemmulenoun | (biology) (specifically, zoology) A small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges (phylum Porifera) that develops into a new sponge. |
| hexactinellidnoun | Any of the many sponges of class Hexactinellida, which have hexactine spicules; a glass sponge. |
| spiculatenoun | Covered with, or having, spicules. |
| spiculanoun | A little spike; a spikelet or spiculum. |
| spinesnoun | (anatomy, zootomy) A series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a human, or from the head to the tail of an animal, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen. |
| spherulesnoun | A small sphere. |
| spiny | Covered in spines or thorns. |
| spinescentnoun | (biology) Having a spine or spines. |
| sporesnoun | A surname. |
| spiry | Like or resembling a spire. |
| spicerynoun | Spices, in general. |
| spikesnoun | A pair of athletic shoes equipped with spikes on the sole and heel for better traction. |
| spinaenoun | — |
| spicatanoun | — |
| spiky | Having one or more spikes; spiny. |
| spherulenoun | A small sphere. |
| spindlesnoun | (spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread. |
| sphecidaenoun | a cosmopolitan family of wasps of the suborder Apocrita that includes sand wasps, mud daubers, and other thread-waisted wasps. |
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