n. [ See Turban. ] A turban. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

With hundred turrets like a turribant. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a turret, or tower; resembling a tower. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. turricula small tower, turret. ] Furnished with, or formed like, a small turret or turrets; somewhat turreted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. turris tower + Gr. &unr_; stone: cf. F. turrilite. ] (Paleon.) Any fossil ammonite of the genus Turrilites. The shell forms an open spiral with the later whorls separate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., dim fr. L. turris tower. ] (Zool.) Any spiral marine gastropod belonging to Turritella and allied genera. These mollusks have an elongated, turreted shell, composed of many whorls. They have a rounded aperture, and a horny multispiral operculum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Turritella + -oid. ] (Zool.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the turritellas. [ 1913 Webster ]