What is spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells called?
turbinate — (Zoöl.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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