SPIRULA PERONII

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spirula peronii mean? 

• SPIRULA PERONII (noun)
  The noun SPIRULA PERONII has 1 sense:

1. a small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell coiled in a flat spiral

  Familiarity information: SPIRULA PERONII used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPIRULA PERONII (noun)

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Meaning:

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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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

spirula; Spirula peronii

Hypernyms ("Spirula peronii" is a kind of...):

decapod (cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones)

Holonyms ("Spirula peronii" is a member of...):

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