Definitions for "Spicules"
Small jets of gas under 10,000 km long, usually seen as a mass of tiny brighter spike-like features at the limb or as tiny darker spikes coming out of network elements, but are not usually seen over bright plage.
Fine, jet-like narrow columns of solar material found in the chromosphere that ascend into the corona
Sharp, pricker-like spikes on the underside of the foot of eagles and ospreys, which help the birds get a firm grasp on slippery fish.
skeletal needle like structures as in sponges.
Small, hard bodies of silica or calcium carbonate that serve as the skeletal elements in sponges.
Needle-shaped skeletal elements in sponges that occur in the matrix between the epidermal and collar cells.
calcareous spines incorporated in the mantle tissue.
Small irregular secretions of calcite within the mantle tissue.
Trabeculae seen in spongy bone
see sclerites
Long, slender, rigid structures at the posterior end of male nematodes; serve to align the male with the female and to keep the female genital pore open.
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