criocone

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noun

An organism or fossil with a crioconic shell, or such a shell itself.

OriginAncient Greek κρῑός →
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Meanings

nouncriocone (plural criocones)

plural criocones

  1. biologyAn organism or fossil with a crioconic shell, or such a shell itself.

    Small planospiral criocones with partially coiled whorls (microconchs) or completely uncoiled (macroconchs). Whorl-section hexagonal, rounded up to round. The protoconch and the first whorl unknown, but [...]

    2002, K. Histon, Albert Daurer, Cephalopods, present and past
adjective
  1. biologyCrioconic.

    [...] disturbance to such a form might produce rapid acceleration in two ways — in shape, from serpenticone to criocone, in ornament, from tuberculate to costate, that is, costate post-tuberculate.

    1927, Sydney Savory Buckman, Martin Simpson, George Young, Type Ammonites

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκρῑός“ram”
  2. Englishcriocone

From Ancient Greek κρῑός (krīós, “ram”) + cone.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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Chicago

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