cone snail
cone snail · cone snails
Any of the predatory sea snails of the family Conidae, all the species of which are…Any of the predatory sea snails of the family Conidae, all the species of which are sometimes treated as is being in genus Conus or subfamily Coninae.
Meaning
1 sensesAny of the predatory sea snails of the family Conidae, all the species of which are sometimes treated as is being in genus Conus or subfamily Coninae.
Origin
Partial calque of translingual Conus. By surface analysis, cone + snail.Partial calque of translingual Conus. By surface analysis, cone + snail.
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Forms
plural: cone snails| Singular | cone snail |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsConidae:cone shell