Difference between revisions of "spire"

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|etymology=Latin <i>spira</i>, coil
 
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|definition=([[Mollusca]]: Gastropoda) The complete series of whorls of a spiral shell except the last.
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|definition=([[Mollusca]]: [[Gastropoda]]) The complete [[series]] of whorls of a [[spiral]] [[shell]] except the last.
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Latest revision as of 23:42, 13 September 2013

spire (noun; Latin spira, coil): (Mollusca: Gastropoda) The complete series of whorls of a spiral shell except the last.