Spirula \Spir"u*la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. spira a coil.]
(Zool.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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