Canadian English Meaning of whorls

whorls

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Definitions and Meaning of whorls in English

whorls

a fingerprint in which the central papillary ridges turn through at least one complete circle, something that whirls or winds around a center, one of the turns of a univalve shell, a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle, a row of similar parts (as leaves or petals) in a circle around a point and especially a stem, a fingerprint in which the central ridges on the skin turn through at least one complete circle, a fingerprint in which the central papillary ridges turn through at least one complete turn, something that whirls, coils, or spirals or whose form suggests such movement, an arrangement of similar anatomical parts (such as leaves) in a circle around a point on an axis, one of the turns of a shell (as of a snail) having just one valve

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whorls

a fingerprint in which the central papillary ridges turn through at least one complete circle, something that whirls or winds around a center, one of the turns

coils,Curls,curves,spirals,twists,Circuits,circulations,orbits,rings,Rolls

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whops => Whoops, whoppers => whoppers, whopped => beaten up, whooshing => whooshing, whooshed => whooshed,