tvolutella

[Mod. Lat., dim in. from voluta Zool.: D'Orbigny's name for Voluta (q. v.). võ-lu-ti-dæ, s. pl. [Mod. Latin volut (a); Latin fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] 1. Zool .: A family of Siphonostomatous Gastero võl-vą, s. [Lat.=a wrapper, a covering.] Botany: The involucre-like base of the stipe of Agaric us. Originally it was a bag enveloping the whole plant, which, however, elongating, burst through it, leaving it torn.