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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
volute /vəˈl(j)uːt/

▶noun

1 Architecture a spiral scroll characteristic of Ionic capitals and also used in Corinthian and composite capitals.

2 a deep-water marine mollusc with a colourful thick spiral shell. [Voluta and other genera.]

▶adjective forming a spiral curve or curves.

– derivatives
voluted adjective.

– origin C16: from Fr., or from L. voluta, fem. past part. of volvere ‘to roll’.

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