Macroconch

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The female form of an ammonite (that has a larger shell than the male (the microconch).

    "Initially, the apophysis follows the coiling of the shell but it projects ventrolaterally during the final ontogenetic stage of macroconch development."

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"Initially, the apophysis follows the coiling of the shell but it projects ventrolaterally during the final ontogenetic stage of macroconch development."

Etymology

From macro- + conch.

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