Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spicule

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables: spicule
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sharp, needle-like piece.

noun

A tiny glass flake formed during the manufacture of glass vials.

noun

Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges.

noun

A needle-like mating structure found only in male nematodes.

noun

A jet of matter ejected from the photosphere of the sun.

noun

A small spike of flowers.

noun

A unit of mass equal to 125 pounds.

Example Sentences

"Tear it up, and put a fragment under the microscope, and, wonder of wonders! see the maze of geometric forms exhibited in the bones of the creature; for who can help regarding the spicules as bones, even though a sponge be invertebrate?"

Etymology

From Latin spīculum.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: spīculum

Inflected Forms

spicules (plural)

Derived Forms

macrospicule spicular spiculiferous spiculiform spiculigenous spiculite

Synonyms

spiculum

Questions

What does spicule mean?: A sharp, needle-like piece.
Where does spicule come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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