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Spirula
Spirula spirula is a
species of deep-water
squid-like
cephalopod mollusk. It is the only
extant member of the
genus Spirula, the
family Spirulidae, and the
order Spirulida. Because of the shape of its internal shell, it is commonly known as the
ram's horn squid or the
little post horn squid. Because the live animal has a light-emitting organ, it is also sometimes known as the
tail-light squid.
spirula
Noun
1. a small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell coiled in a flat spiral
(synonym) Spirula peronii
(hypernym) decapod
(member-holonym) genus Spirula
Spirula
(n.)
A genus of cephalopods having a multilocular, internal, siphunculated shell in the form of a flat spiral, the coils of which are not in contact.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
spirula
a ferrule; a chape; a gimlet.
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