gyroconic

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English

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a shell of Spirula spirula is gyroconic: it has disconnected whorls.

Etymology

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From gyro- +‎ conic.

Adjective

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gyroconic (not comparable)

  1. (malacology) Having or being a (mollusc) spiral shell which is conic (wider on the open end) and in which the whorls do not touch.
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