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Definition of Tori
Tori Torus To"rus, n.; pl. Tori. [L., a round, swelling, or
bulging place, an elevation. Cf. 3d Tore.]
1. (Arch.) A lage molding used in the bases of columns. Its
profile is semicircular. See Illust. of Molding.
--Brande&C.
2. (Zo["o]l.)One of the ventral parapodia of tubicolous
annelids. It usually has the form of an oblong thickening
or elevation of the integument with rows of uncini or
hooks along the center. See Illust. under Tubicol[ae].
3. (Bot.) The receptacle, or part of the flower on which the
carpels stand.
4. (Geom.) See 3d Tore, 2.
