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Definition of Spike shell

Spike shell
Spike Spike, n. [Akin to LG. spiker, spieker, a large nail, D. spijker, Sw. spik, Dan. spiger, Icel. sp[=i]k; all perhaps from L. spica a point, an ear of grain; but in the sense of nail more likely akin to E. spoke of a wheel. Cf. Spine.] 1. A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward. 2. Anything resembling such a nail in shape. He wears on his head the corona radiata . . .; the spikes that shoot out represent the rays of the sun. --Addison. 3. An ear of corn or grain. 4. (Bot.) A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis. Spike grass (Bot.), either of two tall perennial American grasses (Uniola paniculata, and U. latifolia) having broad leaves and large flattened spikelets. Spike rush. (Bot.) See under Rush. Spike shell (Zo["o]l.), any pteropod of the genus Styliola having a slender conical shell. Spike team, three horses, or a horse and a yoke of oxen, harnessed together, a horse leading the oxen or the span. [U.S.]

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- Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was an Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright and actor. The son of an English...
- she helps rescue his younger sister, Mahri. While Ash battles for the Spike S**** Badge, Misty considers the tempting offer to stay on the island with...
- general appearance from the modern games, albeit with wearing armor and spiked s****. Toys of a Koopa Troopa riding a bike were released in promotion of...
- William "Spike" Pratt, pla**** by James Marsters, is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt for the television series Buffy the...
- pointy or spiked s**** that provide extra protection from predators and camouflage against the leafy ground. The lumps of a tortoise s**** can tilt its...
- neck and a long, spiked tail ending in a club, somewhat like an ankylosaur. Septicemic cutaneous ulcerative disease (SCUD) or "s**** rot" causes ulceration...
- William "Spike" O'Dell (born May 21, 1953), a native of East Moline, Illinois, is an American former radio host for WGN Radio in Chicago, Illinois. He...
- in Raphael's room, mutating himself into a mutant box turtle with a spiked s****, long fingernails for makeshift weapons, heightened smell and superhuman...
- words like "googlerize" (an alternate use of "pulverise"). He wears a spiked s**** on his back, which he can curl into, turning him into a dangerous, fast-moving...
- Moffett as Johnny Wilson, Gregg Martell as Butcher, Stanford Jolley as Spike (as Stanford Jolley), Eve McVeagh as Johnny's Mom. 90 12 "Mr. Zero" Harry...