The fictional private detective created by Dashiell Hammett who was protagonist of The Maltese Falcon.

(informal) A private detective.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.

Synonym of spadiceous

plural of spaddle

(obsolete) A little spade.

plural of spadebone

(UK, dialect, obsolete) shoulder blade

Of a bright clear brown or chestnut colour. / (botany) Bearing flowers on a spadix; of the nature of a spadix.

A long, narrow spade for cutting and digging turf.