What is another word for spicule?

Pronunciation: [spˈɪkjuːl] (IPA)

Spicule is a term which means a small, slender, and pointed structure. It can refer to various natural structures like the needle-like projections found in sponge, bone growths, and filiform processes of insects. As with other terms, spicule has its synonyms which refer to similar but slightly different structures. Synonyms for spicule include needle, spine, prickle, barb, spike, bristle, thorn, and splinter. Each of these terms denotes a structure that is slender and pointed and typically found on animals or plants. Although these terms are similar, they serve to differentiate various structures and help in identifying structures with similar characteristics.

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What are the hypernyms for Spicule?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Spicule?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

Usage examples for Spicule

Is it not a shocking thing-a thing to drive a reasoning man into absolute Materialism-to think that you may have a fine, noble fellow with every divine instinct and that some little vascular change, the dropping, we will say, of a minute spicule of bone from the inner table of his skull on to the surface of his brain may have the effect of changing him to a filthy and pitiable creature with every low and debasing tendency?
"Round the Red Lamp Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life"
Arthur Conan Doyle
The spores soon become free, but the spicule often still adheres to them; but they are not attached to the intermingled filaments.
"Fungi: Their Nature and Uses"
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
The pileus or cap bears on its under surface radiating plates or gills, consisting of the hymenium, over which are thickly scattered the basidia, each surmounted by four spicules, and on each spicule a spore.
"Fungi: Their Nature and Uses"
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke

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