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spirula |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: spirula n : 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}]
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