spicule
英 ['spɪkjuːl]
- n. 针状体；[无脊椎] 骨针；小穗状花序
英英释义
- 1. small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals
英文词源
- spicule (n.)
- 1785, from French spicule, from Latin spiculum, diminutive of spica (see spike (n.2)). Related: Spicular.