"spiculate" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Latin spiculatus Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{lena}} Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} spiculate (not comparable)
  1. Covered with, or having, spicules. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-spiculate-en-adj-w61XHG4j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 82 18

Verb

Forms: spiculates [present, singular, third-person], spiculating [participle, present], spiculated [participle, past], spiculated [past]
Etymology: Latin spiculatus Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{lena}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} spiculate (third-person singular simple present spiculates, present participle spiculating, simple past and past participle spiculated)
  1. (transitive) To sharpen to a point. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-spiculate-en-verb-FbZubTnW

Inflected forms

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