spicule

About 0.11 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A sharp, needle-like piece.
2. noun A tiny glass flake formed during the manufacture of glass vials.
3. noun Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges.
4. noun A needle-like mating structure found only in male nematodes.
5. noun A jet of matter ejected from the photosphere of the sun.
6. noun A small spike of flowers.
7. noun A unit of mass equal to 125 pounds.

Similar words

spiculum triradiate spickle spire spinule spick stickle spike needle tine

Often followed by

of is formation and length in with pigmentation matrix

Word family

spicular spiculation spiculations spicules