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Definition of Spinules
1. spinule [n] - See also: spinule
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinules
Literary usage of Spinules
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1894)
"Dorsum hard, nearly coriaceous, covered with spinules; venter, sternum, coxae,
trochanters and femora with spinules, quite large on the coxae ..."
2. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the by Charles Spence Bate (1862)
"... those of the last pair rather long and narrow, foliaceous, acuminate; margins
edged with many spinules. " Length 4 lines. " Hab. Cape of Good Hope. ..."
3. A Manual Flora of Madeira and the Adjacent Island of Porto Santo and the by Richard Thomas Lowe (1868)
"... dense short erect glandular spinules or bristles all round the sinuses where
the seeds lie arching round them, and indistinctly ciliate with very short ..."
4. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1900)
"The spinules of the upper plates are rather smaller and more numerous than ...
When the spinules are removed the plates are thickly covered with minute ..."
5. Report of Progress for by Geological Survey of Canada (1880)
"Upper surface covered with clusters of small blunt spinules or ... In smaller
specimens there are fewer spinules in the clusters. These spinules are larger, ..."
6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1915)
"It is usually armed with a row of short spinules on each side of its distal three
quarters, while the first quarter bears, only on its upper side, ..."
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