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crioconic

crioconic adjective: having the shape of a ram's horn.

Adjective

crioconic (not comparable)

  1. Having the shape of a ram's horn.
    • Very open crioconic whorls, which gradually pass into a long straight shaft.1997, Nico M. M. Janssen, Mikhail Vladimirovich Kakabadze, Ph. J. Hoedemaeker, Mediterranean Neocomian belemnites
    • Hoplocriocone - crioconic early whorls. The last whorl bends away from crioconic spiral and (without becoming straight) is gradually bent like a hook.1988, Jost Wiedmann, Jürgen Kullmann, Cephalopods Present and Past: O.H. Schindewolf Symposium, Tübingen 1985

Questions about crioconic

What does crioconic mean?
Crioconic means having the shape of a ram's horn.
What part of speech is crioconic?
Crioconic is an adjective.

Words near crioconic in the dictionary

  1. crinum
  2. crinums
  3. criobolium
  4. criocone
  5. criocones
  6. crioconic
  7. criodrilid
  8. criodrilids
  9. criolla
  10. criollo
  11. criollos

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