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- Latin · derived fromspira“a coil”
- English todayspiricle
Diminutive, from Latin spira (“a coil”).
Words from the same roots
Latinspira all →
spiralspirospiriferspirillumspiritrompespirula
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
spiricle
Today it means: One of certain minute coiled threads in the coating of some seeds. Full definition →
Latin spira