1) Fashioned like a top
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• (a.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells. • (a.) Whirling in the manner of a top. • (a.) Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root. • (a.) Turbinal.Turbinated: words in the defini...
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1. Whirling in the manner of a top. 'A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole.' (Bentley) ... 2. <botany> Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root. ... 3. <anatomy> Turbinal. ... 4. <zoology> Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large b...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: tŭr′bi-nāt′ĕd Definitions: 1. Scroll-shaped.
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turbinate, turbinated 1. Having the shape of an inverted cone; scroll-like; whorled; spiraled. 2. A bone shaped like a top. The turbinate is a bone in the nose which is an extension of the ethmoid bone, is situated along the side wall of the nose, and is covered by mucous membrane. The word turbinate is related to a turbine; derived from Latin tu...
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