oxycone

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noun

A type of ammonoid with a slim, disk-shaped (oxyconic) shell.

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Meanings

nounoxycone (plural oxycones)

plural oxycones

  1. biologyA type of ammonoid with a slim, disk-shaped (oxyconic) shell.

    The quickest and nimblest were probably the oxycones, throwing themselves through the water like discuses.

    2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 87

Origin

From oxy- + cone.

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Translations

Italian oxicona
  • oxiconatype of ammonoid
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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