spirula

spir·u·la

S0649900 (spĭr′yə-lə, spĭr′ə-)n. pl. spir·u·lae (-lē′) A small squid of the genus Spirula, having a spirally coiled, chambered, internal shell often found on beaches.

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[Late Latin spīrula, twisted cake, diminutive of Latin spīra, coil; see spire².]

spirula

(ˈspaɪrʊlə) n (Animals) a tropical cephalopod mollusc, Spirula peronii, having prominent eyes, short arms, and a small flattened spirally coiled internal shell: order Decapoda (cuttlefish and squids)[C19: via New Latin from Late Latin: a small twisted cake, from Latin spīra a coil]

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spirula - a small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell coiled in a flat spiralSpirula peroniidecapod - cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long onesgenus Spirula - genus of small cephalopods with many-chambered spiral shells resembling those of the extinct belemnites