Vocabulary : Turret deck to Turritelloid
Turret deck : A narrow superstructure running from stem to stern on the upper deck of a steam cargo vessel having a rounded gunwale and sides curved inward convexly.
Turret steamer : A whaleback steamer with a hatch coaming, usually about seven feet high, extending almost continuously fore and aft.
Turreted : Furnished with a turret or turrets; specifically (Zool.), having the whorls somewhat flattened on the upper side and often ornamented by spines or tubercles; -- said of certain spiral shells. ;; Formed like a tower; as, a turreted lamp.
Turribant : A turban.
Turrical : Of or pertaining to a turret, or tower; resembling a tower.
Turriculate : Alt. of Turriculated
Turriculated : Furnished with, or formed like, a small turret or turrets; somewhat turreted.
Turrilite : Any fossil ammonite of the genus Turrilites. The shell forms an open spiral with the later whorls separate.
Turritella : Any spiral marine gastropod belonging to Turritella and allied genera. These mollusks have an elongated, turreted shell, composed of many whorls. They have a rounded aperture, and a horny multispiral operculum.
Turritelloid : Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the turritellas.
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