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pinwheel

a cogwheel whose teeth are formed by small pins projecting either axially or radially from the rim of the wheel
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Pinwheel

A shape that is fixed at the center with identical radiating arms, either angular or curvilinear, and repeated any number of times within the circumference of the circle from which they are generated.
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