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English
wikipedia
Pronunciation
AHD|wûrl, IPA|/w��(r)l/, SAMPA|/w3:(r)l/
AHD|hwûrl, IPA|/���(r)l/, SAMPA|/W3:(r)l/ (in Scottish English and some English accents)
rhymes|��(r)l

Homophones
whirl

Noun
en-noun

1. A pattern of concentric circles.
2. botany A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
3. zoology A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
4. archaic A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle, cf. 1460.

References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

Category:English homophones

es:whorl
it:whorl
ru:whorl
vi:whorl
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