spicule
Meaning
- A sharp, needle-like piece.
- A tiny glass flake formed during the manufacture of glass vials
- Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges.
- A needle-like mating structure found only in male nematodes.
- A jet of matter ejected from the photosphere of the sun.
- A small spike of flowers.
Synonyms
Etymology
From Latin spīculum.
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