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1. (Also,) turbinate
having the shape of an inverted cone; whorled; spiraled.
2. turbinate
of or pertaining to certain scroll-like, spongy bones of the nasal passages.
3. (n.) turbinate
a turbinate shell.
Etymology: (1655–65; < L turbinātus shaped like a top =turbin-, s. of turbō a top (see turbine ) +-ātus -ate1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) turbinate bone, turbinate, turbinal
any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates
2. (adj) turbinate
of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages
3. (adj) coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate
in the shape of a coil
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) turbinate
alt. of Turbinated
2. (verb) turbinate
to revolve or spin like a top; to whirl
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