spicule
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spicule
noun spicules
- 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. Tear it up, and put a fragment under the microscope, and, wonder of wonders! see the maze of geometric forms exhibited in the bones of the creature; for who can help regarding the spicules as bones, even though a sponge be invertebrate?
- 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.
- A unit of mass equal to 125 pounds.
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Talk about this word "spicule." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/spicule. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. spicule. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/spicule "spicule." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/spicule.
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@misc{spicule_2026,
title = {spicule},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spicule},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
