Volute
WordNet

adjective


(1)   In the shape of a coil

noun


(2)   A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
"A coil of rope"
(3)   Ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
WiktionaryText

Noun



  1. The spiral curve on an Ionic capital.
  2. The spirls or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
  3. Any marine gastropod of the (super)family Volutidae.


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