convolute

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convolute (adjective; Latin convolutus, rolled up): 1. Rolled or wound upon themselves. 1. (Arthropoda: Insecta) A wing rolled around its body.

2. (Mollusca) The last whorl of a shell embracing earlier ones and concealing them.

See also: involute