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Definition of: whorl
(hwûrl, hwôrl) noun
1. The flywheel of a spindle; wherve.
2. Bot. A set of leaves, etc., on the same plane with one another; distributed in a circle; a verticil.
3. Zool. A turn or volution, as of a spiral shell.
4. Any of the convoluted ridges of a fingerprint. [ME wharwyl, whorwhil, appar. vars. of WHIRL; infl. in form by wharve]
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