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phragmocone

noun

phragmocone

noun

Etymology From phragmo- + cone.

1

Biology, Malacology, Natural sciences The chambered portion of the shell of certain cephalopods, divided by septa into camerae.

  • This ability to continuously add new buoyancy chambers to their phragmocones allowed ancient cephalopods to reach truly stupendous sizes.2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 37:

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