torticone

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noun

A shell (as of a snail, cephalopod, etc) having the form of a conical corkscrew, a twisted cone.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nountorticone (plural torticones)

plural torticones

  1. biologyA shell (as of a snail, cephalopod, etc) having the form of a conical corkscrew, a twisted cone.
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APA

torticone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torticone

MLA

“torticone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torticone. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “torticone,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torticone.

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