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lituiticonic

lituiticonic adjective: relating to, having the form of, or composed of, lituiticone(s).

lituiticonic: relating to, having the form of, or composed of, lituiticone(s)
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Adjective

lituiticonic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, having the form of, or composed of, lituiticone(s).
    • Conch lituiticonic, with relatively large, compressed, loosely coiled adapical spiral, and a rather rapidly expanding, somewhat compressed uncoiled segment, which has a sigmoidal ventral outline in its adapical portion.1958, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift
    • Lituiticonic uncoiling of nautiloid conchs foreshadows much more extensive development of a similar trend among some Cretaceous ammonoids. It was formerly thought that most of the foregoing stages constituted an evolutionary series[…]1960, William Heyden Easton, Invertebrate Paleontology

Questions about lituiticonic

What does lituiticonic mean?
Lituiticonic means relating to, having the form of, or composed of, lituiticone(s).
What part of speech is lituiticonic?
Lituiticonic is an adjective.

Words near lituiticonic in the dictionary

  1. lituiform
  2. lituite
  3. lituites
  4. lituiticone
  5. lituiticones
  6. lituiticonic
  7. lituitid
  8. lituitids
  9. lituolid
  10. lituolids
  11. litupa

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