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Whorls; Whorled pattern (histology); Whorled; Whorl (biology)
  • Main whorled patterns.

whorl         
[w?:l, w?:l]
¦ noun
1. Zoology each of the convolutions in the shell of a gastropod or ammonoid mollusc.
2. Botany a set of leaves, flowers, or branches springing from the stem at the same level and encircling it.
(in a flower) each of the sets of organs, especially the petals and sepals, arranged concentrically round the receptacle.
3. a complete circle in a fingerprint.
4. chiefly historical a small wheel or pulley in a spinning wheel, spinning machine, or spindle.
¦ verb literary spiral or move in a twisted or convoluted fashion.
Derivatives
whorled adjective
Origin
ME (denoting a small flywheel): appar. a var. of whirl, influenced by OE wharve 'whorl of a spindle'.
whorl         
(whorls)
A whorl is a spiral shape, for example the pattern on the tips of your fingers. (LITERARY)
He stared at the whorls and lines of her fingertips.
...dense whorls of red-purple flowers.
N-COUNT
Whorl         
·noun & ·v The fly of a spindle.
II. Whorl ·noun & ·v A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
III. Whorl ·noun & ·v A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.

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Whorl

A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs).

Esempi dal corpus di testo per WHORL
1. Matt Weaver and agencies Thursday July 27, 2006 Guardian Unlimited Desmoulin‘s whorl snail.
2. Dr Roger Key, senior invertebrate ecologist for English Nature, said the Desmoulin‘s whorl snail is now considered less scarce than it was 10 years ago.
3. Short stories can be rough, cruel, heartbreaking, big–hearted, yet still polished to a sheen that brings out every grain and whorl.
4. The fire whorl formed in live embers as the crew was burning off vegetation to prevent a nearly 5–square–mile fire from spreading, the Bureau of Land Management said.
5. The Desmoulin‘s whorl snail, which is on a select list of species requiring special protection, was the subject of a high court challenge to proposals for the road in 1''6.