Advolute
adj
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Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having or being a (mollusc) spiral shell in which the whorls touch along a line (but do not overlap).
"[...] of the same whorl, measured in a line parallel to the plane of bilateral symmetry; in a gyroconic or advolute shell, the most dorsal point most [...]"
Example
More examples"[...] of the same whorl, measured in a line parallel to the plane of bilateral symmetry; in a gyroconic or advolute shell, the most dorsal point most [...]"
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