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Webster 1913 Edition


Voluta

Vo-lu′ta

,
Noun.
;
pl. E.
Volutas
(#)
, L.
Volutae
(#)
.
[L., a spiral scroll. See
Volute
.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of large, handsome marine gastropods belonging to
Voluta
and allied genera.