Usually means: Thin, elongated spike; biological structure.
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  2. spiculum: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. spiculum: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  10. Spiculum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  12. spiculum: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  15. spiculum: FreeDictionary.org
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Definitions from Wiktionary (spiculum)

noun:  A thrusting javelin used by Romans that replaced the pilum in the late 3rd century.
noun:  A sharp, pointed crystal, especially of ice.
noun:  (zoology) A sharp, needle-like structure, especially those making up the skeleton of a sponge.
noun:  (astronomy) A small radial emission of gas seen in the chromosphere and corona of the sun.

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