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cyrtocone

cyrtocone noun: a curved (cyrtoconic) form of the young shell that succeeds the more primitive orthocone in nautiloid cephalopods.

cyrtocone: a curved (cyrtoconic) form of the young shell that succeeds the more primitive orthocone in...
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Noun

cyrtocone (plural cyrtocones)

  1. A curved (cyrtoconic) form of the young shell that succeeds the more primitive orthocone in nautiloid cephalopods.

Forms of cyrtocone

pluralcyrtocones

Origin of cyrtocone

From cyrto- + cone.

Questions about cyrtocone

What does cyrtocone mean?
Cyrtocone means a curved (cyrtoconic) form of the young shell that succeeds the more primitive orthocone in nautiloid cephalopods.
What part of speech is cyrtocone?
Cyrtocone is a noun.
What is the plural of cyrtocone?
The plural of cyrtocone is cyrtocones.

Words near cyrtocone in the dictionary

  1. cyrtoceracones
  2. cyrtoceraconic
  3. cyrtochoanite
  4. cyrtochoanites
  5. cyrtochoanitic
  6. cyrtocone
  7. cyrtocones
  8. cyrtoconic
  9. cyrtoconical
  10. cyrtocrinid
  11. cyrtodontid

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