spicular

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adjective

Of, pertaining to, or formed from spicules, spiculum, or spicula.

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Meanings

adjectivespicular (comparative more spicular, superlative most spicular)

comparative more spicular · superlative most spicular

  1. Of, pertaining to, or formed from spicules, spiculum, or spicula.

    Lung cancer, for instance, might start as a spicular nodule in the lung.

    2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 158

Origin

From spicule + -ar, spiculum + -ar, and spicula + -ar

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APA

spicular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spicular

MLA

“spicular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spicular. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spicular,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spicular.

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