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protoconches

protoconches is the plural of protoconch.

Meaning of protoconch

Noun

protoconch (plural protoconches or protoconchs)

  1. The embryonic shell, or initial chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods

Questions about protoconches

What is protoconches the plural of?
Protoconches is the plural of protoconch.

Words near protoconches in the dictionary

  1. protocollists
  2. protocols
  3. protoconal
  4. protoconch
  5. protoconchal
  6. protoconches
  7. protoconchs
  8. protocone
  9. protocones
  10. protoconid
  11. protoconids

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