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oxycone

oxycone noun: a type of ammonoid with a slim, disk-shaped (oxyconic) shell.

Noun

oxycone (plural oxycones)

  1. A type of ammonoid with a slim, disk-shaped (oxyconic) shell.
    • The quickest and nimblest were probably the oxycones, throwing themselves through the water like discuses.2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 87

Forms of oxycone

pluraloxycones

Origin of oxycone

From oxy- + cone.

Questions about oxycone

What does oxycone mean?
Oxycone means a type of ammonoid with a slim, disk-shaped (oxyconic) shell.
What part of speech is oxycone?
Oxycone is a noun.
What is the plural of oxycone?
The plural of oxycone is oxycones.

Words near oxycone in the dictionary

  1. oxyclines
  2. oxyclozanide
  3. oxycodone
  4. oxycodoned
  5. oxycolchicine
  6. oxycone
  7. oxycones
  8. oxyconformer
  9. oxyconformers
  10. oxyconformity
  11. oxyconic

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