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Meaning of SPIRULA

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell coiled in a flat spiral
 
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 Synonyms: Spirula peronii
 
 See Also: decapod, genus Spirula

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Spir"u*la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. spira a coil.]
(Zo["o]l.)
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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