SPICULE


Meaning of SPICULE in English

n.1 any small sharp-pointed body.

2 Zool. a small hard calcareous or siliceous body, esp. in the framework of a sponge.

3 Bot. a small or secondary spike.

4 Astron. a spikelike prominence, esp. one appearing as a jet of gas in the sun's corona.

Derivatives:

spicular adj. spiculate adj.

Etymology: mod.L spicula, spiculum, dimins. of SPICA

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.