Usually means: Small, pointed structures in organisms.
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  3. spicula: Collins English Dictionary
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  10. spicula: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  13. spicula: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
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Definitions from Wiktionary (spicula)

▸ noun:  A little spike; a spikelet or spiculum.
▸ noun:  A pointed fleshy appendage.

Similar:
spicule, spica, spiculum, spikelet, microspine, spire, spike, spiricle, fruitspike, crepis, more...

Types:
radula, setae, acicula, papillae, cirri, styles, more...

Adjectives:
defensive, retentive, internal, siliceous, small, large, acerate, slender, external, calcareous, minute

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Similar:
spicule, spica, spiculum, spikelet, microspine, spire, spike, spiricle, fruitspike, crepis, more...

Types:
radula, setae, acicula, papillae, cirri, styles, more...

Adjectives:
defensive, retentive, internal, siliceous, small, large, acerate, slender, external, calcareous, minute



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