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Перевод: whorl speek whorl


[существительное]
завиток ; пальцевой узор; блок веретена; мутовка ; кольцо листьев


Тезаурус:

  1. There have been exciting relics of probably Norse inhabitants, including fragments of brass and bronze, two jet beads and one of glass, two oval tortoise shell brooches in bronze of 9th or 10th century AD and a soapstone spindle whorl.
  2. Some species grew in such a way that the last whorl overlaps the inner ones; often these species become flat and discus-shaped: it has been suggested that this was a more "streamlined" shape for active swimmers.
  3. Some genera have high spires, with many turns of the shell visible externally, others have low, broad spires in which the last whorl overlaps the earlier ones.
  4. The siphuncle in most ammonoids runs not through the middle of the whorl but along the outer edge.
  5. Although lacking the intrinsic relevance of mouth area (used by Smith, 1981, for winkles) or of apical angle and whorl ratio (employed by Kitching, 1976; 1977; Cambridge and Kitching, 1982) this ratio is less affected by the absolute size, thickness, age or condition of the shell and it is undeniably easier to record in the field.
  6. has an extra whorl in it.
  7. A wooden rod was placed through the centre hole of a whorl or disc made of wood or stone.
  8. The last whorl conceals most of the earlier ones.
  9. The seed corn left to accompany the dead could sprout again -as a boy, he had heard reports of successful experiments on damp rags in the dark - the coins for the ferryman, fallen among the collapsed lips and tongueless jawbones of the discovered dead, could be buffed and brightened until the curls in the hair of Demeter, caught up in rich ropes under a garland of corn floating with ribbons, gleamed glossily again, and the Cupid on Riba's emblematic ship, facing out to sea with his drawn bow over the whorl of the prow, stood out in silver against the duller ground.
  10. Any additional rows, visible inside the body whorl of adult dog-whelks, indicate periods when growth stopped during their early life.

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