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Definition of: spirula
(spir′yə·lə, spir′
-) noun plural ·lae (-lē)
Any of a genus (Spirula) of cephalopods with an internal spiral chambered shell having whorls detached and in the same plane. [<NL <Gk. speira coil]
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