trochoid adjective 3noun 2forms 3 adjective3 •Capable of rolling. •Allowing rotation. •High-spired; conical. noun2 •The curve traced by a point on a circle as it rolls along a straight line •An organism or fossil with a trochoid shell (especially one in the gastropod family Trochidae), or the shell itself. formstrochoids · more trochoid · most trochoid