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co·nus
\ˈkōnəs\ noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, cone — more at cone
1. capitalized : a very large genus (the type of the family Conidae) of pectinibranchiate tropical marine snails comprising the cones and including many beautiful and harmless forms and a few chiefly in the southwest Pacific that are highly dangerous by biting with the radula and injecting a paralytic venom that has been known to cause death in man — see geographer cone, textile cone
2. plural co·ni \-ˌnī, -(ˌ)nē\ [New Latin, by shortening] : conus arteriosus |