Meanings
plural spirulids
- biologyA cephalopod of the order Spirulida, including the ram's horn squid.
There are a lot of fossil spirulids, though, enough to show us the probably evolution of the ram's horn coil.
2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 113
Origin
From Spirulida (order name).
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