meaning of spicule
1. A minute, slender granule, or point.
2. Same as Spicula.
3. Any small calcareous or siliceous body found in the tissues of various invertebrate animals, especially in sponges and in most Alcyonaria.
4. small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e. g. sponges and corals
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