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paucispiral

paucispiral adjective: having few spirals or whorls.

Adjective

paucispiral (not comparable)

  1. Having few spirals or whorls.
    • a paucispiral operculum or shell

Origin of paucispiral

From pauci- + spiral.

Questions about paucispiral

What does paucispiral mean?
Paucispiral means having few spirals or whorls.
What part of speech is paucispiral?
Paucispiral is an adjective.

Words near paucispiral in the dictionary

  1. pauciparous
  2. pauciradiate
  3. pauciserial
  4. paucispecific
  5. paucispicular
  6. paucispiral
  7. paucistratified
  8. paucisymptomatic
  9. paucities
  10. paucituberculatan
  11. paucituberculatans

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