spinella

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noun

One of the small hard tooth-like structures that may be present on the gonosaccus.

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Meanings

spinella1

nounspinella (plural spinellae)

plural spinellae

  1. biologyOne of the small hard tooth-like structures that may be present on the gonosaccus.
  2. biologyA small spine; a prickle.

    […] the small areola at base scarcely forked, closely muricate with silvery-gray spinellae on a brown background.

    1912, John Merle Coulter, M. S. Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Botanical Gazette, volume 54, page 145

Spinella2

proper nounSpinella (plural Spinellas)

plural Spinellas

  1. A surname.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

PinellasSpillanesplenial
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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