turbinal

adjective

Having the shape of a cone resting on its apex.

noun

A turbinate bone.

Same as turbinate.

noun

In zoology and anatomy:

noun

A turbinate bone; one of the spongy or scroll-like bones of the nasal passages specified as ethmoturbinal, maxilloturbinal, and sphenoturbinal (see the distinctive names). See turbinate, and the phrases there.

noun

In the Ophidia, a bone of the skull different from . See the quotation, and cut under Pythonidæ.

noun

A turbinal bone or cartilage.

adjective

Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; — applied to the thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support the olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers.

adjective

Having the shape of a cone resting on its apex.

noun

A turbinate bone.