Associations to the word «Phragmocone»

Wiktionary

PHRAGMOCONE, noun. The chambered portion of the shell of a cephalopod, divided by septa into camerae.

Dictionary definition

PHRAGMOCONE, noun. The thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite.

Wise words

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