Definitions of spirula
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a small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell coiled in a flat spiral
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synonyms:
Spirula peronii
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type of:
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decapod
cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones
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decapod
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