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There can be no doubt that the symbolism of the Mycenæan spiral and the volute is closely related to the octopus.

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  1. noun A spiral scroll-like ornament such as that used on an Ionic capital.
  2. noun A spiral formation, such as one of the whorls of a gastropod shell.
  3. noun Any of various marine gastropod mollusks of the family Volutidae, having a spiral, often colorfully marked shell.

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  1. French, from Italian voluta, from Latin volūta, from feminine past participle of volvere, to turn, roll; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French volute = Spanish Portuguese Italian voluta, from Latin voluta, a spiral scroll, a volute, from volvere, past participle volutus, turn round or about, roll, = English wallow.
 

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