What is the meaning of Spicule?

  • (n.) Any small calcareous or siliceous body found in the tissues of various invertebrate animals, especially in sponges and in most Alcyonaria.
  • (n.) A minute, slender granule or point.
  • (n.) Same as Spicula.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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