Dictionary
spir•u•la
Pronunciation: (spir'yu-lu, -oo-lu), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -laePronunciation: (-lē"). [key]
any cephalopod of the genus
Spirula, having a flat, spiral shell that is partly inside and partly outside the posterior part of the body.
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