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turriculate

turriculate adjective: furnished with, or formed like, a small turret or turrets; somewhat turreted.

Adjective

turriculate (comparative more turriculate, superlative most turriculate)

  1. Furnished with, or formed like, a small turret or turrets; somewhat turreted.
    • turriculate shell
    • turriculate species

Synonyms of turriculate

Forms of turriculate

comparativemore turriculate
superlativemost turriculate

Origin of turriculate

Latin turricula (“small tower, turret”).

Words formed from turriculate

Questions about turriculate

What does turriculate mean?
Turriculate means furnished with, or formed like, a small turret or turrets; somewhat turreted.
What part of speech is turriculate?
Turriculate is an adjective.

Words near turriculate in the dictionary

  1. turricephaly
  2. turricone
  3. turricones
  4. turriconic
  5. turricular
  6. turriculate
  7. turriculated
  8. turrid
  9. turrids
  10. Turriff
  11. Turriff East

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