turriculate

tur·ric·u·late

[tuh-rik-yuh-lit, -leyt]
adjective
furnished with or resembling a turret or turrets.
Also, tur·ric·u·lat·ed.


Origin:
1835–45; < Latin turricula little tower (see tower, -cule1) + -ate1

sub·tur·ric·u·late, adjective
sub·tur·ric·u·lat·ed, adjective
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turreted, turriculate or turriculated (ˈtʌrɪtɪd, tʌˈrɪkjʊlɪt, -ˌleɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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Turriculate is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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