Whorl

(n. & v.) A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.

(n. & v.) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.

(n. & v.) The fly of a spindle.

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• The shaft and hook of this spindle are made of steel, and the whorl is made partly of steel and also partly of other materials. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The outermost had the rim broadest, and the inner whorls were smaller and smaller, and had their rims narrower. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Come, Tarzan, cried D'Arnot, let's see what your whorls look like. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• From infancy to senility the fingerprints of an individual change only in size, except as injuries alter the loops and whorls. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.

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