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phragmocones

phragmocones is the plural of phragmocone.

Meaning of phragmocone

Noun

phragmocone (plural phragmocones)

  1. The chambered portion of the shell of certain cephalopods, divided by septa into camerae.
    • This ability to continuously add new buoyancy chambers to their phragmocones allowed ancient cephalopods to reach truly stupendous sizes.2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 37

Questions about phragmocones

What is phragmocones the plural of?
Phragmocones is the plural of phragmocone.

Words near phragmocones in the dictionary

  1. phragmobasidiate
  2. phragmobasidium
  3. phragmoceratid
  4. phragmoceratids
  5. phragmocone
  6. phragmocones
  7. phragmoconic
  8. phragmocyttarous
  9. phragmoplast
  10. phragmoplasts
  11. phragmosis

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