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Phragmocone

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Word	Definition
phragmaconenoun	the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite

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Word	Definition
phragmaconenoun	the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite
phragmanoun	A septum, especially on the wall of the thorax of an insect.
phragmoteuthidnoun	(paleontology) An extinct cephalopod of the order Phragmoteuthida.
tarphyceraconenoun	(malacology) A shell or conch in which the whorls or volutions are in contact (but are not deeply involute).
phragmobasidiumnoun	(mycology) A septate unicellular basidium.
spheroconenoun	(malacology) An organism or fossil with a spheroconic shell, or the shell itself.
sphaeroconenoun	Alternative spelling of spherocone. [(malacology) An organism or fossil with a spheroconic shell, or the shell itself.]
epiphragmnoun	(zoology) A dry layer of mucus used by a snail or mollusk to seal itself inside its shell during hibernation.
proostracumnoun	(paleontology) The anterior prolongation of the guard of the phragmocone of belemnites and allied fossil cephalopods, whether horny or calcareous.
phragmosomenoun	(cytology) A sheet of cytoplasm forming in highly vacuolated plant cells in preparation for mitosis.
pseudoconopeumnoun	A hyaline flap of silica forming a cavity on the external valve face of a marine diatom
living chambernoun	(zoology) The part of a cephalopod's shell which is physically occupied by the animal's body, as opposed to those chambers that serve to provide buoyancy.
protoconchnoun	(zoology) The embryonic shell, or initial chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods
prophragmanoun	(zoology) An internal dorsal chitinous process between the first two divisions of the thorax of insects.
scaphoceritenoun	(zoology) A flattened plate or scale attached to the second joint of the antennae of many crustaceans, typically used for locomotion, but which sometimes has a sensory function.
rhynchodaeumnoun	A cavity in some gastropods that contains the proboscis.
phragmoplastnoun	(biology) A structure that forms in plant cells during late cytokinesis and serves as a scaffold for cell plate assembly and subsequent formation of a new cell wall separating the two daughter cells.
phallapodemenoun	(entomology) A sclerite articulating with the phallus.
columellanoun	(anatomy) The skin at the end of the septum which separates the nostrils.
endophragmanoun	(zoology) A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain crustaceans.