helices

[ hel-uh-seez ]

noun

1. a plural of helix.

helices

/ ˈhɛlɪˌsiːz /

noun

1. See helix
   a plural of helix

Example Sentences

I observed on the beach at this spot some small species of unios, and, at higher points on the shore, helices.

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There were two helices all right, as an explanation of how Pheola could be right and then wrong.

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Helices, and slugs are thus tom apart by bands of carabes who dig them up and dissect them in a boiling of saliva.

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The pitch of the helices of each tooth is very elongated, and reaches about 7.52 m.

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When only one of the eight helices was used, the effect was also much diminished.

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