Spirula

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• Spirula — Temporal range: Miocene–Recent[1] …   Wikipedia

• spirula — [spir′yə lə, spī′roo lə] n. pl. spirulae [spir′yo͞olē΄, spir′oolē΄] [ModL, name of the genus, dim. of L spira: see SPIRE1] any of a genus (Spirula) of two gilled, deep water cephalopods, having a flat spiral shell with a series of chambers …   English World dictionary

• Spirula — Spir u*la, n. [NL., dim. of L. spira a coil.] (Zo[ o]l.) 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Spirŭla — (Spiruläa), Weichthiergattung, so v.w. Posthorn 2) …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

• Spirŭla — Spirŭla, Posthörnchen, s. Tintenschnecken …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

• SPIRULA — vide Spira, appellativum …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

• Spirula — Posthörnchen Posthörnchen (Zeichnung von Carl Chun) Systematik Unterklasse: Coleoidea (Tintenfische) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• spirula — spì·ru·la s.f. TS zool. mollusco del genere Spirula, che vive nelle acque marine ed è caratterizzato da conchiglia interna spiraliforme | con iniz. maiusc., genere della famiglia degli Spirulidi {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: sec. XX. ETIMO: dal lat.… …   Dizionario italiano

• spirula — noun a small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many chambered shell coiled in a flat spiral • Syn: ↑Spirula peronii • Hypernyms: ↑decapod • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Spirula …   Useful english dictionary

• spirula — /spir yeuh leuh, oo leuh/, n., pl. spirulae / lee /. any cephalopod of the genus Spirula, having a flat, spiral shell that is partly inside and partly outside the posterior part of the body. [1825 35; < NL; LL spirula twisted cake. See SPIRA,… …   Universalium