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deuteroconch

deuteroconch noun: the second chamber of ammonites and other cephalopods.

Noun

deuteroconch (plural deuteroconches or deuteroconchs)

  1. The second chamber of ammonites and other cephalopods
    • A microspheric nucleoconch does not have an obvious deuteroconch, and is followed by a spiral nepionic stage, no matter what the adult chamber arrangement may be.1954, Alan Hilder Smout, Lower Tertiary Foraminifera of the Qatar Peninsula, British Museum (Natural History), page 25

Forms of deuteroconch

pluraldeuteroconches
pluraldeuteroconchs

Origin of deuteroconch

From deutero- + conch.

Questions about deuteroconch

What does deuteroconch mean?
Deuteroconch means the second chamber of ammonites and other cephalopods.
What part of speech is deuteroconch?
Deuteroconch is a noun.
What is the plural of deuteroconch?
The plural of deuteroconch is deuteroconches.

Words near deuteroconch in the dictionary

  1. deuterocerebral
  2. deuterocerebrum
  3. deuterochloride
  4. deuterochlorides
  5. deuterochloroform
  6. deuteroconch
  7. deuteroconches
  8. deuterocone
  9. deuterocones
  10. deuteroformaldehyde
  11. deuterogamist

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