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Spicule

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Noun

1. spicule, spiculum

small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals

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Spicule

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noun
1. Also called: spiculum
a small slender pointed structure or crystal, esp any of the calcareous or siliceous elements of the skeleton of sponges, corals, etc
2. astronomy
a spiked ejection of hot gas occurring over 5000 kilometres above the sun's surface (in its atmosphere) and having a diameter of about 1000 kilometres

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Spicule

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noun
1.  Astronomy
any of the short-lived, bright, dense gas jets continuously spurting up through the chromosphere of the sun: thought to be extensions of the photosphere's granules
2.  Botany
a small spike; spikelet
3.  Zoology
a small, hard, needlelike piece or process, esp. of bony or calcareous material, as in the skeleton of the sponge

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Spicule

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n. pl. spic·ules also spic·u·lae (-yə-lē)
1. A small needlelike structure or part, such as one of the silicate or calcium carbonate processes supporting the soft tissue of certain invertebrates, especially sponges.
2. Astronomy A spike-shaped formation emanating from the ionized gas of the solar photosphere.

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