- A
whorl (/wɜːrl/ or /wɔːrl/) is an
individual circle, oval,
volution or
equivalent in a
whorled pattern,
which consists of a
spiral or
multiple concentric...
-
cephalopod mollusk. In gastropods, the body
whorl, or last
whorl, is the most
recently formed and
largest whorl (or revolution) of a
spiral or
helical s****...
- A
whorl is a single,
complete 360°
revolution or turn in the
spiral or
whorled growth of a
mollusc s****. A
spiral configuration of the s**** is found...
- A hair
whorl is a
patch of hair
growing in a
circular direction around a
visible center point. Hair
whorls occur in most
hairy animals, on the body as...
- of
spirally arranged clusters of the individuals' teeth,
called "tooth
whorls",
which in life were
embedded in the
lower jaw. As with most
extinct cartilaginous...
-
spindle whorl is a
weighted object ****ed to a
spindle to help
maintain the spindle's
speed of
rotation while spinning yarn. A
spindle whorl may be a...
- In botany, a
whorl or
verticil is a
whorled arrangement of leaves, sepals, petals, stamens, or
carpels that
radiate from a
single point and
surround or...
- A
whorl is a type of
spiral pattern.
Whorl may also
refer to:
Whorl (album)
Whorl (botany)
Whorl (mollusc)
Whorl Mountain This
disambiguation page lists...
- bottom, middle, or top,
commonly by a disc or
spherical object called a
whorl; many spindles, however, are
weighted simply by
thickening their shape towards...
- of the
title is an
ordinary star, in
contrast to the "Long Sun" of the
Whorl where the
narrator grew up. Most of the
story takes place in a star system...
