turriconic

English

Hyphantoceras orientale fossil, with an extremely turriconic shape

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Adjective

turriconic (comparative more turriconic, superlative most turriconic)

(malacology, of a shell or fossil) Having coils that spiral to a point.

References

turriconic at OneLook Dictionary Search
turriconic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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