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cyrtoconic

cyrtoconic adjective: having or being a (mollusc) shell which is conical (wider on the open end) and curved, but not enough to complete a whorl.

cyrtoconic: having or being a (mollusc) shell which is conical (wider on the open end) and curved, but not...
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Adjective

cyrtoconic (not comparable)

  1. Having or being a (mollusc) shell which is conical (wider on the open end) and curved, but not enough to complete a whorl.

Origin of cyrtoconic

From cyrto- + conic.

Questions about cyrtoconic

What does cyrtoconic mean?
Cyrtoconic means having or being a (mollusc) shell which is conical (wider on the open end) and curved, but not enough to complete a whorl.
What part of speech is cyrtoconic?
Cyrtoconic is an adjective.

Words near cyrtoconic in the dictionary

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

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