Hypertext Webster Gateway: "voluta"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Voluta \Vo*lu"ta\, n.; pl. E. {Volutas}, L. {Volut[ae]}. [L., a
spiral scroll. See {Volute}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of large, handsome marine
gastropods belonging to {Voluta} and allied genera.
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