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Spirula

Spirula Meaning & Definition
Spirula Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Spirula?

[n] a small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell coiled in a flat spiral

Synonyms | Synonyms for Spirula: Spirula peronii

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See Also | decapod | genus Spirula

Spirula In Webster's Dictionary

\Spir"u*la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. spira a coil.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of cephalopods having a multilocular, internal, siphunculated shell in the form of a flat spiral, the coils of which are not in contact.

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