radiole

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radiole (noun; Latin diminutive radius, ray): 1. (Annelida: Polychaeta) Featherlike head structures forming a crown, or modified into a long stalked knob (operculum); functioning in filtering particles for food.

2. (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) The spine of sea urchins.