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PHRAGMOCONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does phragmocone mean?
• PHRAGMOCONE (noun)
The noun PHRAGMOCONE has 1 sense:
1. the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite
Familiarity information: PHRAGMOCONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("phragmocone" is a kind of...):
shell (the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod)
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