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A hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle, especially a spicule of the Alcyonaria.

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  1. n. A hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle, especially a spicule of the Alcyonaria.
  2. n. hard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods
  3. A hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle, especially a spicule of the Alcyonaria.
  4. A hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle, especiallya spicule of the Alcyonaria.
  5. n. hard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods