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spinule|ˈspaɪnjʊl|
[ad. L. spīnula, dim. of spīna spine n.1 So F. spinule.]
1. A small or minute spine or thorn-like formation, esp. in lower forms of animal life.
1752J. Hill Hist. Anim. 226 The Pleuronectes, with..the lateral line rough, and spinules at the fins. 1819G. Samouelle Entomol. Compend. 233 Antennæ lamelliform, small, ciliated with spinules. 1846Dana Zooph. (1848) 498 Slender spinules scarcely a line long. 1878F. J. Bell Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 206 The tuft of spinules on the latter.
2. A particular kind of larva.
1857Gosse Omphalos 223 A tiny egg was discharged from a parent Botryllus, which presently produced a little active tadpole-like larva, called a ‘spinule’.
Hence ˈspinuled a., spinulate. spinuˈlescent a., having a tendency to produce small spines.
1829Loudon Encycl. Plants 448 Mesembryanthemum spinuliferum; spinulescent. 1880Linn. Soc. Jrnl. XV. 143 Delicately spinuled teeth of such forms as Ophioscolex. |