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mandrel, mandril, arbor Definition: a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning;any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts;(biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle; "chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis"; Part Meronyms: spinning wheel, spinning frame, drive
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