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sphyrna zygaena |
sphyrnidae |
spial |
spic |
spic-and-span |
spica
| spicate
| spicated
| spiccato
| spiccato bowing
| spice
spica
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun spica has 1 sense
- spica(n = noun.object) - the brightest star in Virgo; is a kind of star
is a member of virgo
CIDE DICTIONARY
spica, n. [L., an ear, as of corn.].
- A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; -- so called from its resemblance to a spike of a barley. [1913 Webster]
- A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation Virgo. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
spica, n.
1 Bot. a spike or spikelike form.
2 Surgery a spiral bandage with reversed turns, suggesting an ear of corn.
1 Bot. a spike or spikelike form.
2 Surgery a spiral bandage with reversed turns, suggesting an ear of corn.
Derivative
spicate adj. spicated adj.
Etymology
L, = spike, ear of corn, rel. to spina SPINE: in sense 2 after Gk stakhus
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