conchospiral

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noun

A kind of spiral curve found in certain univalve shells.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounconchospiral (plural conchospirals)

plural conchospirals

  1. A kind of spiral curve found in certain univalve shells.

    the constant angle according to which each traces its conchospiral.

    1842, The Philosophical Magazine
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