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Spirula — Temporal range: Miocene–Recent[1] … Wikipedia
spirula — [spir′yə lə, spī′roo lə] n. pl. spirulae [spir′yo͞olē΄, spir′oolē΄] [ModL, name of the genus, dim. of L spira: see SPIRE1] any of a genus (Spirula) of two gilled, deep water cephalopods, having a flat spiral shell with a series of chambers … English World dictionary
spirula — noun a small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many chambered shell coiled in a flat spiral • Syn: ↑Spirula peronii • Hypernyms: ↑decapod • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Spirula … Useful english dictionary
Spirula peronii — noun a small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many chambered shell coiled in a flat spiral • Syn: ↑spirula • Hypernyms: ↑decapod • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Spirula … Useful english dictionary
spirula — /spir yeuh leuh, oo leuh/, n., pl. spirulae / lee /. any cephalopod of the genus Spirula, having a flat, spiral shell that is partly inside and partly outside the posterior part of the body. [1825 35; < NL; LL spirula twisted cake. See SPIRA,… … Universalium
spirula — /ˈspaɪrələ/ (say spuyruhluh) noun (plural spirulae /ˈspaɪrəli/ (say spuyruhlee)) any of the small decapod dibranchiate cephalopods of the genus Spirula, having in the hinder part of the body, but not completely internal, a shell in the form of a… …
Spirula — 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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mollusk genus — noun a genus of mollusks • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Haliotis, ↑genus Haliotis, ↑Lambis, ↑genus Lambis, ↑Strombus, ↑genus Strombus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
family Spirulidae — noun coextensive with the genus Spirula; included in the order Belemnoidea in some older classifications • Syn: ↑Spirulidae • Hypernyms: ↑mollusk family • Member Holonyms: ↑Decapoda, ↑order Decapoda • … Useful english dictionary
Spirulidae — noun coextensive with the genus Spirula; included in the order Belemnoidea in some older classifications • Syn: ↑family Spirulidae • Hypernyms: ↑mollusk family • Member Holonyms: ↑Decapoda, ↑order Decapoda … Useful english dictionary
