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spica /spīˈkə/ noun (pl spiˈcae or spiˈcas)- A bandage wound around an injured limb in repeated figures-of-eight forming a series of overlapping V-shapes suggesting an ear of barley
- In birds, a spur
ORIGIN: L spīca an ear of corn spīˈcate or spīˈcated adjective (esp botany) - In, having, or forming a spike
- Spikelike
spicilege /spīˈsi-lij/ noun - (L spīcilegium, from legere to gather) a gleaning
- An anthology
spicula /spikˈū-lə/ noun A spicule, prickle, or splinter spicˈūlar adjective Of the nature of or like a spicule spicˈūlate adjective Having spicules spicˈūle noun - A minute needlelike body, crystal, splinter, or process
- A small splinter of bone (medicine)
- One of the spikelike forms seen forming and reforming on the edge of the sun, caused by ejections of hot gas several thousand miles above its surface
spicˈūlum noun (pl spicˈūla) - A little spine
- A spicula
- A snail's dart
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