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Word: Helix
Speech Type: Noun
mid 16th century (in the architectural sense ‘spiral ornament’): via Latin from Greek
ˈhiːlɪks
an object having a three-dimensional shape like that of a wire wound uniformly in a single layer around a cylinder or cone, as in a corkscrew or spiral staircase.
Short Definition:object having three-dimensional shape like that of wire wound uniformly in single layer around cylinder or cone
the rim of the external ear.
Short Definition:rim of external ear
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