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nounany holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
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nounany of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating partstype of:part of:
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nouna piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.type of:
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nouna stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinningtype of:part of:
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"chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis"noun(biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
Definition that contains spindle
- clostridium spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore
- clostridia spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore