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platycone

platycone noun: an organism or fossil with a platyconic shell, or the shell itself.

Noun

platycone (plural platycones)

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

Forms of platycone

pluralplatycones

Origin of platycone

From platy- + cone.

Questions about platycone

What does platycone mean?
Platycone means an organism or fossil with a platyconic shell, or the shell itself.
What part of speech is platycone?
Platycone is a noun.
What is the plural of platycone?
The plural of platycone is platycones.

Words near platycone in the dictionary

  1. platycodonoid
  2. platycodonoids
  3. platycoelian
  4. platycoelous
  5. platycoely
  6. platycone
  7. platycones
  8. platyconic
  9. platycopid
  10. platycopids
  11. platyctenid

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