slovo | definícia |
spirula (encz) | spirula, n: |
Spirula (gcide) | Spirula \Spir"u*la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. spira a coil.] (Zool.)
A genus of cephalopods having a multilocular, internal,
siphunculated shell in the form of a flat spiral, the coils
of which are not in contact.
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spirula (wn) | spirula
n 1: a small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having
prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell
coiled in a flat spiral [syn: spirula, Spirula peronii] |
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spirula (encz) | spirula, n: |
Spini-spirulate (gcide) | Spini-spirulate \Spin`i-spir"u*late\, a. (Zool.)
Having spines arranged spirally. See Spicule.
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Spirulate (gcide) | Spirulate \Spir"u*late\, n. (Zool.)
Having the color spots, or structural parts, arranged
spirally.
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genus spirula (wn) | genus Spirula
n 1: genus of small cephalopods with many-chambered spiral
shells resembling those of the extinct belemnites |
spirula (wn) | spirula
n 1: a small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having
prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell
coiled in a flat spiral [syn: spirula, Spirula peronii] |
spirula peronii (wn) | Spirula peronii
n 1: a small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having
prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell
coiled in a flat spiral [syn: spirula, Spirula peronii] |
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