spiriferous

spiriferous
spiriferous [spī rif′ər əs]
adj.
< ModL spirifer: see SPIRE1 & -FEROUS
Zool. characterized by a spire, or spiral structure, as some shells, or by spiral appendages, as a brachiopod

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spi·rif·er·ous (spī-rĭfʹər-əs) adj.
Having a spiral structure or spiral parts.
  [Probably from New Latin spīrifer: Latin spīra, coil; see spire2 + Latin -fer, -fer.]

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