Serpenticone

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An organism or fossil with a serpenticonic shell, or the shell itself.

    "All or most were pelagic, ranging from planktic serpenticones and spherocones to mobile discocones and oxycones."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Serpenticonic.

    "[...] disturbance to such a form might produce rapid acceleration in two ways — in shape, from serpenticone to criocone, in ornament, from tuberculate to costate, that is, costate post-tuberculate."

Example

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"All or most were pelagic, ranging from planktic serpenticones and spherocones to mobile discocones and oxycones."

Etymology

From serpent + -i- + cone.

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