tur·bi·nate /ˈtɝbənət, ˌnet/
(a.)陀螺狀的;倒圓錐形的
tur·bi·nate /ˈtɝbənət, ˌnet/ 形容詞
甲介形的,鼻甲,鼻甲的,陀螺狀的,倒圓錐形的,甲介骨的,像陀螺旋轉的
Tur·bi·nate v. i. To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [R.]
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Tur·bi·nate Tur·bi·na·ted a.
1. Whirling in the manner of a top.
A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole. --Bentley.
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.
3. Anat. Turbinal.
4. Zool. Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.
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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]
n : any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in
man and other vertebrates [syn: turbinate bone, turbinal]