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spinule

spinule noun: a minute spine or thorn.

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

spinule meaning in Tamil

spinule in Tamil

சிறுமுள்

Forms of spinule

pluralspinules

Origin of spinule

Anglicized form of Late Latin spīnula, diminutive of Latin spīna (“a spine”). Compare French spinule.

Words formed from spinule

Questions about spinule

What does spinule mean?
Spinule means a minute spine or thorn.
What is spinule in Tamil?
Spinule in Tamil is சிறுமுள். See Spinule meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is spinule?
Spinule is a noun.
What is the plural of spinule?
The plural of spinule is spinules.

Words near spinule in the dictionary

  1. spinulae
  2. spinulate
  3. spinulated
  4. spinulation
  5. spinulations
  6. spinule
  7. spinules
  8. spinulescent
  9. spinuliferous
  10. spinuliform
  11. spinulose

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spinule (page history and authors); spinule (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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