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Meaning of "whorl"
Whorl (noun): A whorl is a pattern of spirals or concentric circles
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- Each circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs, or a spiral.
- A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
- A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
- Any volution, as for example in the human ear or fingerprint.
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On the last whorl the nodules are obsolete.
The ribs are obsolete on the body whorl.
The third whorl has a fine reticulation.
There are nine ribs on the body whorl.
These give the whorl a turreted appearance.
They number seven on the penultimate whorl.
The body whorl is very rapidly enlarging.
The lip is attached to the last whorl.
On the penultimate whorl they number sixteen.
The whorl tops do not have cords.
A salesgirl told me the whorl on my head stinks.
Individual whorl plates are strongly symmetrically ribbed.
There are about thirteen of these on each whorl.
The body whorl is delicately ridged throughout.
On the other end resided the whorl.
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The body whorl has an obconical shape.
The corolla consists of the whorl of petals.
The body whorl is large and rounded.
Five of these ascend the penultimate whorl.
The last whorl does not decoil as rapidly.
The angle of the body whorl is rounded.
The last whorl is depressed on the back.
The angle of the body whorl is carinated.
The body whorl is attenuated at the base.
If it contains circles or spirals it is processed as a whorl pattern.
The body whorl is large and spreading.
The protoconch has one whorl.
The body whorl is as long as the spire.
The carpels often exist as a flat single whorl.
The first whorl is planorboid and smooth.
There is broadening at the last whorl.
The body whorl at the periphery is bicarinate.
The periphery of body whorl is well rounded.
The fifth whorl enlarges somewhat disproportionately.
The periphery of body whorl are well rounded.
The whorl section is typically inflated or depressed.
The last half whorl is carinate.
The whorl section is as round as a circle.
On the penultimate whorl they number about six.
Whorl height increases with age.
In the first whorl the ribs are very close.
Whorl sections are generally lanceolate.
Sides of the last whorl are straight or slightly convex.
Underneath the flowers is a whorl of bracts.
On the body whorl they are slightly apart.
The posterior cord forms a shoulder to the whorl.
The apical whorl has a smooth appearance.
There is a slight callus on body whorl.
The body whorl is carinated in the middle.
There is no callus on the body whorl in the aperture.
