Spicule

Synonyms for "spicule" (25 found)

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Noun(1 words)
spiculum

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Translations

17 translations across 11 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • шип noun (sharp, needle-like piece)

Catalan

1 entries
  • espícula noun (any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges)

Finnish

3 entries
  • kalkkineulanen noun (any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges)
  • spikula noun (sharp, needle-like piece)
  • spikula noun (any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges)

French

1 entries
  • spicule noun (any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges)

German

2 entries
  • Kalknadel noun (any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges)
  • Nadel noun (sharp, needle-like piece)

Italian

2 entries
  • spicola noun (sharp, needle-like piece)
  • spicola noun (any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • ایكنه noun (sharp, needle-like piece)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • espícula noun (any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges)

Romanian

1 entries
  • spicul noun (any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges)

Russian

2 entries
  • спи́кула noun (sharp, needle-like piece)
  • спи́кула noun (any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges)

Spanish

2 entries
  • espícula noun (sharp, needle-like piece)
  • espícula noun (any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges)

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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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