spiculi-|ˈspɪkjʊlɪ|combining form, after L. models, of spicula, spicule, and spiculum, occurring in a few Zool. terms, as spicuˈliferousa., bearing spicules. ˈspiculiforma., formed like a spicule; sharp-pointed. spicuˈligenousa., ‘containing spicules’ (Webster, 1847). spicuˈligerousa., spiculiferous.1836–9Todd's Cycl.Anat. II. 866/1 In the fourth section, Tubulifera,..the abdomen is furnished..with a *spiculiferous ovipositor.1841Penny Cycl. XX. 423/2 Many hook-formed spiculiferous lobes.1846Dana Zooph. iv. (1848) 36 These *spiculiform organs..are of three kinds.1852― Crust. ii. 708 A slender spiculiform process.1877Huxley Anat.Inv.Anim. iii. 118 The inner cells..in the meanwhile have become *spiculigerous.