Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Twisted; in zoology, moniliform; resembling a string of beads.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Nat. Hist.) Swelled out at intervals like a knotted cord.
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- adjective
Swelling out atintervals like aknotted cord .
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milosrdenstvi commented on the word tortulous
Now who says that "random word" doesn't come up with interesting finds?
May 22, 2010