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SPICULUM
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Irregular inflected form: spicula
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals
Synonyms:
spicule; spiculum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("spiculum" is a kind of...):
appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)
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