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spiriform, a.|ˈspaɪərɪfɔːm| [ad. mod.L. spiriformis or F. spiriforme.] Having the form of a spire or spiral.
1841T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. 450 In all essential particulars this spiriform viscus is precisely analogous to the laminated cavity of the Nautilus. 1861Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. vii. iii. 349 The females [of the Trichocephalus] are always straight; never spiriform, like the males. 1892F. Galton Finger Prints v. 77 A series of rings, spirals, and plaits..breaking away into a..spiriform arrangement. |