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Webster 1913 Edition

Turbinella

‖

Turˊbi-nel′la

,

pr.

Noun.

[NL., dim. fr. L.

turbo

,

-inis

, a top.]

(Zool.)

A genus of large marine gastropods having a thick heavy shell with conspicuous folds on the columella.

Definition 2024

turbinella

turbinella

See also: Turbinella

English

Noun

turbinella ‎(plural turbinellas)

(zoology) Any of the genus Turbinella of large marine gastropods.