From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Turbinate \Tur"bi*nate\, v. i.
To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [R.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Turbinate \Tur"bi*nate\, Turbinated \Tur"bi*na`ted\, a. [L.
turbinatus, fr. turbo, turben, turbinis, a whirl, top.]
1. Whirling in the manner of a top.
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A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole.
--Bentley.
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2. (Bot.) Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the
base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary,
pericarp, or root.
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3. (Anat.) Turbinal.
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4. (Zool.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a
large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
turbinate
adj 1: of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in
the nasal passages
2: in the shape of a coil [syn: {coiling}, {helical}, {spiral},
{spiraling}, {volute}, {voluted}, {whorled}, {turbinate}]
n 1: any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in
man and other vertebrates [syn: {turbinate bone},
{turbinate}, {turbinal}]
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