oxycone
English
Etymology
oxy- + cone.
Noun
oxycone (plural oxycones)
- (paleontology, malacology) A type of ammonoid with a slim, disk-shaped (oxyconic) shell.
- 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 87:
- The quickest and nimblest were probably the oxycones, throwing themselves through the water like discuses.
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Translations
type of ammonoid
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