PHRAGMACONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phragmacone mean? 

• PHRAGMACONE (noun)
  The noun PHRAGMACONE has 1 sense:

1. the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite

  Familiarity information: PHRAGMACONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHRAGMACONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

phragmacone; phragmocone

Hypernyms ("phragmacone" is a kind of...):

shell (the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod)