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cone snail

cone snail noun: any of the predatory sea snails of the family Conidae, all the species of which are sometimes treated as is being in genus Conus or subfamily Coninae.

cone snail: any of the predatory sea snails of the family Conidae, all the species of which are sometimes...
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Noun

cone snail (plural cone snails)

  1. Any of the predatory sea snails of the family Conidae, all the species of which are sometimes treated as is being in genus Conus or subfamily Coninae.
    Synonyms:
    cone shell

Synonyms of cone snail

Forms of cone snail

pluralcone snails

Origin of cone snail

Partial calque of translingual Conus. By surface analysis, cone + snail.

Questions about cone snail

What does cone snail mean?
Cone snail means any of the predatory sea snails of the family Conidae, all the species of which are sometimes treated as is being in genus Conus or subfamily Coninae.
What part of speech is cone snail?
Cone snail is a noun.
What is the plural of cone snail?
The plural of cone snail is cone snails.

Words near cone snail in the dictionary

  1. cone peppers
  2. cone plant
  3. cone plants
  4. cone shell
  5. cone shells
  6. cone snail
  7. cone snails
  8. cone tracing
  9. cone wheat
  10. cone wheats
  11. cone-bush

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