| NOUN | animal | Spirula peronii, spirula | a small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell coiled in a flat spiral |
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| Meaning | A small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell coiled in a flat spiral. | |
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| Synonym | spirula | |
| Member of | genus Spirula | genus of small cephalopods with many-chambered spiral shells resembling those of the extinct belemnites |
| Broader | decapod | cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones |
| Spanish | espírula, spirula | |
| Catalan | espírula, spirula | |
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