spirulid
English
editEtymology
editFrom Spirulida (order name).
Noun
editspirulid (plural spirulids)
- (chiefly paleontology) A cephalopod of the order Spirulida, including the ram's horn squid.
- 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 113:
- There are a lot of fossil spirulids, though, enough to show us the probably evolution of the ram's horn coil.