| 单词 | spiculum |
| 释义 | spiculum (once / 153498 pages) n WORD FAMILY spiculum: spicula USAGE EXAMPLESThe whole surface is uniformly covered with short compressed calcareous spicula embedded in the cuticle. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2010) “A thorn from the crown of thorns,—the Spicula. Butterworth, Hezekiah, Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands;...(2010) By noon a gale sprung up, sending a body of icy spiculæ against our faces, causing both pain and annoyance. Osborn, Sherard, Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal...(2010) n small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals Syn|Hyper spicule appendage, outgrowth, process a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant |
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