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noun 
  1. (architecture) The spiral curve on an Ionic capital.
  2. (zoology) The spirls or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
  3. (zoology) Any marine gastropod of the (super)family Volutidae.
Etymology: Via French and Italian from Latin volvere


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