Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Coiled in one plane, like a watch-spring or flat spiral, as the antlia of a butterfly; whorled in discoid form, as a shell of the genus Planorbis. Also
planospiral .
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- adjective
coiled in theplane (as opposed tohelical )
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Examples
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I must say though that these look surprisingly flat to me, almost planispiral, they don't look 100% familiar to me...
Aliens in Montreal AYDIN 2007
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Incidentally, these shells are almost completely flat and come very close to being planispiral.
Archive 2006-08-01 AYDIN 2006
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