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spinula

spinula is the alternative form of spinule.

Meaning of spinule

Noun

spinule (plural spinules)

  1. A minute spine or thorn.
    • Alongside of the pairs, there is often another smaller spinule, on one side or both, sometimes a second; and rarely, there are scattered spinules upon the surface betweenc. 1852, James Dwight Dana, Crustacaea

Forms of spinula

pluralspinulae

Origin of spinula

Borrowed from Latin spīnula.

Questions about spinula

What is spinula the alternative form of?
Spinula is the alternative form of spinule.

Words near spinula in the dictionary

  1. spintrian
  2. spintronic
  3. spintronics
  4. spinturnicid
  5. spinturnicids
  6. spinula
  7. spinulae
  8. spinulate
  9. spinulated
  10. spinulation
  11. spinulations

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