genus spirula

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   genus of small cephalopods with many-chambered spiral shells resembling those of the extinct belemnites

   Broadermollusk genus

   Part ofSpirulidae

Questions about genus spirula

What does genus spirula mean?

genus spirula means "genus of small cephalopods with many-chambered spiral shells resembling those of the extinct belemnites".

Is genus spirula a common word?

genus spirula is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.