Usually means: Small, needle-like solar jets.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. spicules: Merriam-Webster
  2. spicules: Collins English Dictionary
  3. spicules: Vocabulary.com
  4. spicules: Wordnik
  5. spicules: Wiktionary
  6. spicules: Dictionary.com
  7. Spicules: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. spicules: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spicules: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. spicules: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. spicules: Medical dictionary

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. On-Line Biology Book: GLOSSARY (No longer online)
  2. spicules: Nine Planets Glossary
  3. Fishkeeping glossary (No longer online)
  4. SPICULES: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (spicule)

noun:  A sharp, needle-like piece.
noun:  A tiny glass flake formed during the manufacture of glass vials
noun:  (biology) Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges.
noun:  A needle-like mating structure found only in male nematodes.
noun:  (astronomy) A jet of matter ejected from the photosphere of the sun.
noun:  A small spike of flowers.
▸ Also see spicule


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