spica

English

noun
Definitions
  • (botany) A spike.
  • (ornithology) A spur.
  • A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; a spiral bandage with reversed turns.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spica (ear, spike, ear of grain, a spike, a spike ear).

Origin

Latin

spica

Gloss

ear, spike, ear of grain, a spike, a spike ear

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

耳

Emoji
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