Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small spine or thorn.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small spine; a spicule.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A minute spine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A minute
spine .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin spīnula, diminutive of spīna, thorn.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Latin spinula, diminutive of spina a spine: compare French spinule.
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