helix : Idioms & Phrases

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double helix

  • noun a pair of parallel helices intertwined about a common axis
    • the shape of the DNA molecule is a double helix
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genus helix

  • noun type genus of the family Helicidae
    Helix.
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hedera helix

  • noun Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
    English ivy; ivy; common ivy.
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helix angle

  • noun the constant angle at which a helix cuts the elements of a cylinder or cone
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helix aspersa

  • noun serious garden pest having a brown shell with paler zigzag markings; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
    brown snail.
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helix hortensis

  • noun a kind of garden snail
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helix pomatia

  • noun one of the chief edible snails
    edible snail.
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