Advolute
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Advolute is an adjective meaning (malacology) Having or being a (mollusc) spiral shell in which the whorls touch along a line (but do not overlap).
Meaning
(malacology) Having or being a (mollusc) spiral shell in which the whorls touch along a line (but do not overlap).
Example Sentences
[...] of the same whorl, measured in a line parallel to the plane of bilateral symmetry; in a gyroconic or advolute shell, the most dorsal point most [...]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include evolute, involute, gyroconic, turriconic, vermiconic, baculiconic.
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