turriculate

English

Etymology

Latin turricula (“small tower, turret”).

Adjective

turriculate (comparative more turriculate, superlative most turriculate)

1. Furnished with, or formed like, a small turret or turrets; somewhat turreted.

   Synonyms: turricular, turriculated

   turriculate shell

   turriculate species

   turriculate shell

References

• “turriculate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.