spicule

Significado (Inglés)

1. A sharp, needle-like piece.
2. A tiny glass flake formed during the manufacture of glass vials
3. Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges.
4. A needle-like mating structure found only in male nematodes.
5. A jet of matter ejected from the photosphere of the sun.
6. A small spike of flowers.

Conceptos

spiculum

Sinónimos

spiculum

bone fragment

grain

granule

jot

needle

nib

peak

pike

pinpoint

bone needle

osteophyte

spicula

solar spicule

osseous pin

bean

bone spicule

Etimología (Inglés)

From Latin spīculum.