spiriformadj.
/ˈspʌɪərɪfɔːm/ Having the form of a spire or spiral.
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twine1551
snailing1615
spireda1625
involved1665
spiralled1665
screwlike1675
spiry1677
voluted1801
corkscrew1815
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volute1839
spiriform1841
volutiform1843
spiring1871
corkscrewy1886
turbaned1924
spiralized1928
spiralizing1977
1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xxv. 450 In all essential particulars this spiriform viscus is precisely analogous to the laminated cavity of the Nautilus.
1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. vii. iii. 349 The females [of the Trichocephalus] are always straight; never spiriform, like the males.
1892 F. Galton Finger Prints v. 77 A series of rings, spirals, and plaits..breaking away into a..spiriform arrangement.
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