spicula's Usage Examples:

The silica was derived from the tests of radiolaria and the spicular skeletons of sponges.

The chief occurrences of metallic iron are as minute spiculae disseminated through basaltic rocks, as at Giant's Causeway and in the Auvergne, and, more particularly, in meteorites (q.

But it may be doubted whether De Morgan's own system, "horrent with mysterious spiculae," as Hamilton aptly described it, is fitted to exhibit the real analogy between quantitative and qualitative reasoning, which is rather to be sought in the logical works of Boole.

The zygospore becomes surrounded with its own wall, consisting finally of three layers, the outer of which is furnished with spicular prominences of various forms.

Synonyms:

outgrowth, appendage, spicule, process,

Antonyms:

fall, ending, decrease, irreversible process, increase,