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voluted

Variant of volute

noun

  1. a spiral or twisting form; turn; whorl
  2. Archit. a spiral scroll forming one of the chief features of Ionic and Corinthian capitals
  3. Zool.
    1. any of the turns or whorls of a spiral shell
    2. any of a family (Volutidae) of saltwater gastropods often having brightly colored shells with an elongated opening

adjective

  1. rolled up; spiraled
  2. having a spirally shaped part

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