spirula
English
editEtymology
editDiminutive of Latin spira (“a coil”)
Noun
editspirula (plural spirulas)
- Any mollusk of the cephalopod genus Spirula, of which Spirula spirula is the only extant species.
Synonyms
edit- (extant species): little post horn squid, ram's horn squid, tail-light squid
References
edit- Spirula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Spirula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Spirula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
editPolish
editEtymology
editInternationalism; ultimately from Latin spīra.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editspirula f
Declension
editDeclension of spirula
References
edit- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “spirula”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
Further reading
edit- spirula in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “spirula”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 295
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