What does "whorl" mean?
Whorl: (Zoöl.) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
Additional senses
- 2.(Spinning) The fly of a spindle.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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