spinule
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin spinula, diminutive of Latin spina (“a spine”). Compare French spinule.
Noun
spinule (plural spinules)
- A minute spine.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “spinule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
- Lupiens, line ups, line-ups, lines up, lineups, lupines, pinules, unpiles, up lines, up-lines, uplines
Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
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