GO:0072687

A spindle that forms as part of meiosis. Several proteins, such as budding yeast Spo21p, fission yeast Spo2 and Spo13, and C. elegans mei-1, localize specifically to the meiotic spindle and are absent from the mitotic spindle. [GOC:mah, GOC:vw, PMID:11408572, PMID:18367542, PMID:8027178]