Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having many turns or whorls: applied in conchology
- to spiral univalve shells of many whorls, and
- to opercula of many concentric rings.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having numerous spiral coils round a center or nucleus; -- said of the opercula of certain shells.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having many closely-spaced
spirals (usually of anoperculum ).
Etymologies
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multi- + spiral
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