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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A cusp in the buccal corner of an upper molar tooth in mammals
2. 2
   A mechanism, involving a form of parachute, used to slow some spacecraft during re-entry

Etymology

From para- + cone.

Related phrases

re entry

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