• n.
    ⦿(biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
    lexical concept
  • chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechnoun
ontolex:lexicalized senseenl:spindle
wn:interlingual indexili:i66367

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labelspindle