spiral-shelled
- adjective
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concha en espiral
- The spiral-shelled snail moved slowly across the wet leaf.
Examples
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Children collected spiral-shelled seashells along the shoreline.
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Many ancient fossils are spiral-shelled and resemble modern-day nautiluses.
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The spiral-shelled snail crawled slowly across the garden.
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Have you ever seen a spiral-shelled conch?
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Children collected spiral-shelled seashells along the shoreline.
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Many ancient fossils are spiral-shelled and resemble modern-day nautiluses.
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The spiral-shelled snail moved slowly across the wet leaf.
Synonyms
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3.8
Having a curved shape that winds around a center like a coil
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4.3
Shaped like tight rings or spirals
Having a spiral shell like a nautilus
A spiral that winds around a central line
A surface shaped like a spiral
Coiled tightly, like a shell that hides its center
A round shape with spiral arms like a child's pinwheel
In a curved way that goes around a center
Something that winds around a center like a snail shell
Arranged in a circle or spiral around a plant stem
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Spiral-shelled comes from spiral, meaning 'coiled' or 'twisted', and shelled, meaning 'having a shell'; think of a spiral staircase or a snail shell that turns round and round, so the word describes a shell that makes a spiral shape.