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Conoid

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co⋅noid

  [koh-noid]
–adjective
1. Also, co⋅noi⋅dal. resembling a cone in shape; cone-shaped.
–noun
2. a geometrical solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about one of its axes.
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Origin:
1650–60; < Gk kōnoeids. See cone, -oid

Related forms:
co⋅noi⋅dal⋅ly, adverb
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co·noid   (kō'noid')   
adj.  Shaped like a cone.
co'noid n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1co·noid
Pronunciation: 'kO-"noid
Variant: or co·noi·dal /kO-'noid-&l/
Function:adjective
: shaped like or nearly like a cone

Main Entry: 2conoid
Function: noun
: a cone-shaped structure; especially : a hollow organelle shaped like a truncated cone that occurs at theanterior end of the organism in some developmental stages of some sporozoans (as of the genus Sarcocystis)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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