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Definitions for Spicule
[1] a small or minute, slender, sharp-pointed body or part; a small, needlelike crystal, process, or the like.
[2] Zoology . one of the small, hard, calcareous or siliceous bodies that serve as the skeletal elements of various marine and freshwater invertebrates.
[3] Astronomy . a jet of gas several hundred miles in diameter rising from the sun's surface to heights of 3000 to 6000 miles (4800 to 9600 km).
[4] Also called: spiculum a small slender pointed structure or crystal, esp any of the calcareous or siliceous elements of the skeleton of sponges, corals, etc
[5] astronomy a spiked ejection of hot gas occurring over 5000 kilometres above the sun's surface (in its atmosphere) and having a diameter of about 1000 kilometres
Words nearby Spicule
spick and span, spick-and-span, spicula, spiculate, spiculation, spicule, spiculum, spicy, spide, spider, spider crab
Origin of Spicule
1775–85; < Latin spīculum spearhead, arrowhead, bee stinger, equivalent to spīc(a ) ear of grain (see spica) + -ulum -ule
Other words from Spicule
spic′ u•lar (-yə-lər ) null adj.
Word origin for Spicule
C18: from Latin: spiculum