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spirula


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spirula 
  n  :  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}] 




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