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9 words match “CONUS”

CONUS n. 2 definitions
A cone.
CONUSABLE a.
Cognizable; liable to be tried or judged. [Obs.] Bp. Barlow.
CONUSANT a.
See Cognizant.
CONUSOR n.
See Cognizor.
SYCONIUM; SYCONUS n.
A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig.
ADMIRAL n.
va feeds on nettles. Admiral shell (Zoöl.), the popular name of an ornamental cone shell (Conus admiralis). Lord High Admiral, a great officer of state, who (when this rare dignity is conferred) is at the head of the naval administration of Great Britain.
CONE n.
A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical form. Cone of rays (Opt.), the pencil of rays of light which proceed from a radiant point to a given surface, as that of a lens, or conversely. -- Cone pulley. See in the Vocabulary. -- Oblique or Scalene cone, a cone of which the axis is inclined to the plane of its base.…
TEXTILE a.
en; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics. Textile cone (Zoöl.), a beautiful cone shell (Conus textilis) in which the colors are arranged so that they resemble certain kinds of cloth.
TOXOGLOSSA n.
gastropod mollusks in which the radula are converted into poison fangs. The cone shells (Conus), Pleurotoma, and Terebra, are examples. See Illust. of Cone, n., 4, Pleurotoma, and Terebra.