SPIRULA

spirula, Spirula peronii

(noun) a small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell coiled in a flat spiral

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

spirula (plural spirulas)

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

Synonyms

• (Spirual): little post horn squid, ram's horn squid, tail-light squid

Anagrams

• parulis, uprisal

Source: Wiktionary


Spir"u*la, n. Etym: [NL., dim. of L. spira a coil.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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