spirulid

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English

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Etymology

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From Spirulida (order name).

Noun

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spirulid (plural spirulids)

  1. (chiefly paleontology) A cephalopod of the order Spirulida, including the ram's horn squid.
    • 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 113:
      There are a lot of fossil spirulids, though, enough to show us the probably evolution of the ram's horn coil.