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turriculate

American

[tuh-rik-yuh-lit, -leyt] / təˈrɪk yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

Also turriculated

adjective

furnished with or resembling a turret or turrets.

Other Word Forms

subturriculate adjective
subturriculated adjective

Etymology

Origin of turriculate

1835–45; < Latin turricula little tower ( tower ¹, -cule ¹ ) + -ate ¹

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