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turreted

[tur-i-tid, tuhr-]

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adjective

furnished with a turret or turrets.

having a turretlike part or parts.

Zoology. having whorls in the form of a long or towering spiral, as certain shells.

Origin:
1540–50; turret + -ed³

Related forms

un·tur·ret·ed, adjective

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turreted, turriculate or turriculated (ˈtʌrɪtɪd, tʌˈrɪkjʊlɪt, -ˌleɪt)

—*adj*
1.	having or resembling a turret or turrets
2.	(of a gastropod shell) having the shape of a long spiral

turriculate, turriculate or turriculated

—*adj*

turriculated, turriculate or turriculated

—*adj*

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