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convoluted

/ˌkɑnvəˈlutəd/

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What does convoluted mean?

adjective

  1. Having numerous overlapping coils or folds; convolute.
  2. (figuratively) Complex, complicated, or intricate.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of convolute

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/ˌkɑnvəˈlutəd/

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In some cases the trachea is convoluted, like a French horn, and is deeply embedded in the sternum.
Charles DarwinThe Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to SexProject Gutenberg ebook #2300
The Epeira works on the same principles as the Mollusc of the convoluted shell.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Life of the SpiderTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #1887
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The skull has a longer face and a nearly enclosed orbit, and the brain-case is fuller and more capacious, the internal cast of which shows that the brain was richly convoluted.
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909
A great number of small hollow pedicles proceed from and form around the cribriform plate; as they move downwards, they project into distinct vesicles or cavities, smaller and more numerous behind, fewer in number and larger in front; and each of them not a simple cavity, but more or less convoluted, while the long walls of those cells are of gossamer thinness, and as porous as gauze.
William YouattThe DogProject Gutenberg ebook #9478