"spica" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spicas [plural], spicae [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin spica. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|spica}} Latin spica Head templates: {{en-noun|s|spicae}} spica (plural spicas or spicae)
  1. (botany) A spike. Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-spica-en-noun-WsCn4XIV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 40 18 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  2. (ornithology) A spur. Categories (topical): Ornithology
    Sense id: en-spica-en-noun-WKzNWMAv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 40 18 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology
  3. A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; a spiral bandage with reversed turns.
    Sense id: en-spica-en-noun-z3fBv0v- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 40 18

Inflected forms

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