Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spirula

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spir-u-la
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any mollusk of the cephalopod genus Spirula, of which Spirula spirula is the only extant species.

Etymology

Diminutive of Latin spira (“a coil”)

Inflected Forms

spirulas (plural) spirulae (plural)

Synonyms

little post horn squid ram's horn squid tail-light squid spirula peronii

Questions

What does spirula mean?: Any mollusk of the cephalopod genus Spirula, of which Spirula spirula is the only extant species.
Where does spirula come from?: Diminutive of Latin spira (“a coil”)

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