TURBINATE • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Turbinate

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verb

Turbinate v. i. To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. (R.)

adjective

Turbinated, Turbinate adj.

Whirling in the manner of a top. "A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole."

(Bot.) Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root.

(Anat.) Turbinal.

(Zool.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; said of certain shells.

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Turbinate: top-shaped; nearly conical: differs from pyriform in being shorter and more suddenly attenuated at base: applied to an eye ...

— Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology • John. B. Smith