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discocone

discocone noun: an organism or fossil with a discoconic shell, or the shell itself.

Noun

discocone (plural discocones)

  1. An organism or fossil with a discoconic shell, or the shell itself.

Forms of discocone

pluraldiscocones

Origin of discocone

From disc + -o- + cone.

Questions about discocone

What does discocone mean?
Discocone means an organism or fossil with a discoconic shell, or the shell itself.
What part of speech is discocone?
Discocone is a noun.
What is the plural of discocone?
The plural of discocone is discocones.

Words near discocone in the dictionary

  1. discocellulars
  2. discocephalid
  3. discocephalids
  4. discocephaline
  5. discocephalines
  6. discocone
  7. discocones
  8. discoconic
  9. discocyte
  10. discocytes
  11. discocytic

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