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whorls

 
Noun whorl has 3 senses
  1. coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll - a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
    --1 is a kind of round shape
    --1 has particulars: corolla; calyx; verticil
  2. lock, curl, ringlet, whorl - a strand or cluster of hair
    --2 is a kind of hair
    --2 is a part of hairdo, hair style, coiffure
    --2 has particulars: sausage curl; forelock; crimp; dreadlock
  3. coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix - a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"
    --3 is a kind of structure, construction
    --3 has particulars: hank
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