spic|u|lum

spic|u|lum
spic|u|lum «SPIHK yuh luhm», noun, plural -la. Zoology.
1. a sharp-pointed process or formation, as a spine of an echinoderm.
2. = spicule. (Cf.spicule)
[< Latin spīculum sharp point, dart (diminutive) < spīca spica]

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