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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The typical genus of Volutidæ, used with various restrictions, now containing oviparous volutes with a shortspire, large aperture, and long first columellar fold, as V. imperialis. See volute, , and Volutidæ (with cuts).
  • noun In architecture, same as volute. Evelyn, Architects and Architecture.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of large, handsome marine gastropods belonging to Voluta and allied genera.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology Any of numerous species of large, handsome marine gastropods belonging to Voluta and allied genera.

Etymologies

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Latin, a spiral scroll. See volute.

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