spirula

See also: Spirula and spirulą

English

Etymology

Diminutive of Latin spira (“a coil”)

Noun

spirula (plural spirulas)

1. Any mollusk of the cephalopod genus Spirula, of which Spirula spirula is the only extant species.

Synonyms

• (extant species): little post horn squid, ram's horn squid, tail-light squid

References

• Spirula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Spirula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Spirula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• parulis, uprisal

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; ultimately from Latin spīra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spiˈru.la/
• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: spi‧ru‧la

Noun

spirula f

1. spirula

Declension

Declension of spirula

	singular	plural
nominative	spirula	spirule
genitive	spiruli	spirul
dative	spiruli	spirulom
accusative	spirulę	spirule
instrumental	spirulą	spirulami
locative	spiruli	spirulach
vocative	spirulo	spirule

Further reading

• 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