See spicule in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"A sharp, needle-like piece."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A tiny glass flake formed during the manufacture of glass vials."
]
},
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"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Biology"
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180,
188
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"ref": "1860, Recreative Science, page 110:",
"text": "Tear it up, and put a fragment under the microscope, and, wonder of wonders! see the maze of geometric forms exhibited in the bones of the creature; for who can help regarding the spicules as bones, even though a sponge be invertebrate?",
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"Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges."
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"biology",
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[
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"marine"
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"(biology) Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges."
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"biology",
"natural-sciences"
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{
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"A needle-like mating structure found only in male nematodes."
],
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"nematode",
"nematode"
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]
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"A jet of matter ejected from the photosphere of the sun."
],
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"astronomy",
"astronomy"
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"photosphere",
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"(astronomy) A jet of matter ejected from the photosphere of the sun."
],
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"astronomy",
"natural-sciences"
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{
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"A small spike of flowers."
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[
"flower",
"flower"
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"A unit of mass equal to 125 pounds."
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"(historical) A unit of mass equal to 125 pounds."
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "šip",
"sense": "sharp, needle-like piece",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шип"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "sharp, needle-like piece",
"word": "spikula"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "sharp, needle-like piece",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Nadel"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "sharp, needle-like piece",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spicola"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "sharp, needle-like piece",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "spīculum"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "sharp, needle-like piece",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spikula"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "spíkula",
"sense": "sharp, needle-like piece",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "спи́кула"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "sharp, needle-like piece",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "espícula"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "iğne",
"sense": "sharp, needle-like piece",
"word": "ایكنه"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "espícula"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges",
"word": "spikula"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges",
"word": "kalkkineulanen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spicule"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kalknadel"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spicola"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spikula"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "espícula"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "spicul"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "spíkula",
"sense": "any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "спи́кула"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "espícula"
}
],
"word": "spicule"
}
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