turriculated, ppl. a.
(tʌˈrɪkjʊleɪtɪd)
[f. as prec. + -ate + -ed.]
Furnished with a turret or turrets, turreted: spec. in Conch. = turreted 2 b, turrited. Also turriculate (tʌˈrɪkjʊlət) a.
| 1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 155 A longish turriculated univalve. Ibid. 250 The multilocular turriculated shells of the genus Turriculites. 1834 M{supc}Murtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 255 A shell with a turriculated spire. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 444/2 Mitra... Turriculate species, with large spiral whorls, the aperture effuse anteriorly. |