n., pl., -lae (-lē').
A small cephalopod mollusk of the genus Spirula, having a spirally coiled, partitioned internal shell.
[Late Latin spīrula, twisted cake, diminutive of Latin spīra, coil. See spire2.]
spirula
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spir·u·la (spĭr'yə-lə, spĭr'ə-) 
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n., pl., -lae (-lē').
A small cephalopod mollusk of the genus Spirula, having a spirally coiled, partitioned internal shell.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell coiled in a flat spiral
Synonym: Spirula peronii
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