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spirulid

spirulid noun: a cephalopod of the order Spirulida, including the ram's horn squid.

Noun

spirulid (plural spirulids)

  1. A cephalopod of the order Spirulida, including the ram's horn squid.
    • There are a lot of fossil spirulids, though, enough to show us the probably evolution of the ram's horn coil.2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 113

Forms of spirulid

pluralspirulids

Origin of spirulid

From Spirulida (order name).

Questions about spirulid

What does spirulid mean?
Spirulid means a cephalopod of the order Spirulida, including the ram's horn squid.
What part of speech is spirulid?
Spirulid is a noun.
What is the plural of spirulid?
The plural of spirulid is spirulids.

Words near spirulid in the dictionary

  1. spiruchostatin
  2. spiruchostatins
  3. spirula
  4. spirulas
  5. spirulate
  6. spirulid
  7. spirulids
  8. spirulina
  9. spirulirostrid
  10. spirulirostrids
  11. spirurian

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