goring vs spicule

goring

noun
  • A piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width. 

  • The act by which something is gored; a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting 

adj
  • Cut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing of a sail. 

spicule

noun
  • A sharp, needle-like piece. 

  • A needle-like mating structure found only in male nematodes. 

  • A tiny glass flake formed during the manufacture of glass vials 

  • A small spike of flowers. 

  • A jet of matter ejected from the photosphere of the sun. 

  • Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges. 

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