spiculum
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Rossiter in this autumn of 1917 was extremely interested in certain crucial experiments he was making with spiculum in sponge-cells; with scleroblasts, "mason-cells," osteoblasts, and "consciousness" in bone-cells.
From Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement by Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir
Some of the fibres are thickly covered with extremely minute spicula, occasionally aggregated into little tuffs; and hence they have a hairy appearance.
From Volcanic Islands by Darwin, Charles
I have received and read with interest your paper on the sponge with horny spicula.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir
As the flakes fall down through the atmosphere, they are joined by more of these radiated spicula, and thus increase in bulk like the drops of rain or hail-stones.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 358, February 28, 1829 by Various
Nature 'publishes itself in creatures, reaching from particles and spicula, through transformation on transformation to the highest symmetries.
From Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 1, Essay 5, Emerson by Morley, John
In some cases I have found spicula projecting from the inner plate of the skull, and pressing upon or even penetrating the dura mater.
From The Dog by Youatt, William
