paucispiral

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paucispiral - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Paucispiral \Pau`ci*spi"ral\, a. [L. paucus few + E. spiral.]
     (Zool.)
     Having few spirals, or whorls; as, a paucispiral operculum or
     shell.
     [1913 Webster]