volute

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From French and Italian, from Latin volūta, from the feminine of volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō.

Noun [edit]

volute (plural volutes)

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

Italian [edit]

Verb [edit]

volute f

  1. Plural of voluto
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