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PRONUNCIATION OF CONE SHELL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONE SHELL

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Cone shell is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CONE SHELL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

cone shell

Conus

Conus is a large genus of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs, with the common names of cone snails, cone shells or cones. This genus is placed in the subfamily Coninae within the family Conidae. Geologically speaking, the genus is known from the Eocene to the Recent periods. Conus species have shells that are shaped more or less like geometric cones. Many species have colorful patterning on the shell surface. Conus snails are mostly tropical in distribution. Because all Conus snails are venomous and capable of "stinging" humans, live ones should be handled with great care or preferably not at all. The species most dangerous to humans are the larger ones which prey on small bottom-dwelling fish; the smaller species mostly hunt and eat marine worms. Cone snails use a hypodermic-like modified radula tooth and a venom gland to attack and paralyze their prey before engulfing it. The tooth is sometimes likened to a dart or a harpoon. It is barbed and can be extended some distance out from the mouth of the snail, at the end of the proboscis. Cone snail venoms are mainly peptides.

Definition of cone shell in the English dictionary

The definition of cone shell in the dictionary is any of various tropical marine gastropod molluscs of the genus Conus and related genera, having a smooth conical shell Sometimes shortened to: cone.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONE SHELL

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Conestoga wagon
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WORDS THAT END LIKE CONE SHELL

aeroshell
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Synonyms and antonyms of cone shell in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «cone shell» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONE SHELL

Find out the translation of cone shell to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cone shell from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cone shell» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

锥壳
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

concha cono
570 millions of speakers

English

cone shell
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कोन खोल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مخروط قذيفة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

конус оболочки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

shell cone
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শঙ্কু শেল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

enveloppe de cône
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cone shell
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kegelschnecken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

イモガイ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

콘 쉘
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cone shell
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vỏ nón
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கூம்பு ஷெல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शनी शेल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Koni kabuğu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

shell cono
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cone shell
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

конус оболонки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

coajă con
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κώνος κέλυφος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cone dop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kon skal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kjegle shell
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONE SHELL»

The term «cone shell» is normally little used and occupies the 123.682 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONE SHELL»

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Dive First Responder
The cone shell is the most dangerous member of the class Gastropoda (Fig. 2-10 ). The most toxic of the cone shells generally are found in the Indian-Pacific Ocean region, the Indian Ocean along the east African coastline, and the Red Sea.
Richard A. Clinchy, 1996
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Process Equipment Design: Vessel Design
0.755 Profile at cone-shell junction, vessel A-2 Radius 0.625 assumed " 0.633 actual 0.00 assumed 0.80 actual . 0.884 assumed 0.755 actual Profile at cone- shell junction, vessel A-l Fig. 6.11. Profiles at cone-shell junctions of experimental  ...
Lloyd Earl Brownell, Edwin Harold Young, 1959
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Venomous and Poisonous Marine Animals: A Medical and ...
These accounts almost certainly omit some recent data from Tomihara (see Chapter 3, page 68, and Chapter 20, page 414), who reports at least four human deaths from cone shell envenomation in Okinawa, Japan, since 1927, all attributed to ...
John A. Williamson, Joseph W. Burnett, Peter J. Fenner, 1996
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Venom
A snail that harpoons swimming fish? lt really is as spectacular as it sounds, and watching a cone shell skewer a fish is certainly one of the great sights of the natural world. The shell moves very slowly over the sea floor in search of prey, ...
Steve Backshall, 2007
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Guam: A Natural History
Striated cone shell. This animal is dangerous. It is one of several deadly cone shells on Guam. Guam cone shells. Cones These shells are shaped like cones. Most cone shells hunt at night. They eat fish, crabs, worms, and other shell animals.
Lawrence J. Cunningham, Janice J. Beaty, 2001
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See Australia and Die: Tales of Misadventure Down Under
The cone shell is anything but. If you can imagine a snail with the ability to shoot out venomous darts just like a blowpipe, that's the kind of extraordinary creature the cone shell is. Its darts are hollow, barbed and very deceptive: they not only ...
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Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
These include design criteria such as Clearance between inserts or teeth and features on adjacent cones Bottom-hole coverage Cone-shell thickness Bearing configuration A typical insert or tooth design layout for a roller cone bit intended for ...
William C. Lyons, Ph.D., P.E., Gary J Plisga, BS, 2011
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Selected Topics in the Chemistry of Natural Products
The best known snails for toxicity are the cone shell species, which are all exclusively carnivorous.29'57 Most of them are predatory and feed on worms, crabs and other molluscs, including their smaller relatives and conspecifics. About 70 of ...
Raphael Ikan, 2008
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Dangerous Australians: The Complete Guide to Australia's ...
This volume aims to answer readers' questions about venomous and equally dangerous non-venomous wildlife.
‎1985
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Faal Fortune Telling
Mansour Saif. -6- When a symbol of a man or woman enters wholly or partially inside a key ring, it signifies that the person is puzzled or hesitant about what to do. -7- Refer to image 6 with the addition of an Amadis Cone Shell in the upright  ...
Mansour Saif, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONE SHELL»

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Spirals in Time: Uncover the secrets in seashells
... including mussel glues used in fetal surgery; materials for ultra-light, superstrong car bodies; and the cornucopia concealed within cone shell ... «New Scientist, Jun 15»
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See culture showcased at Island Fair
Ancient Chamorros were skilled artists and craftsmen, especially with materials such as cone shell, hima (giant clam shell) and spondylus. «Pacific Daily News, Jun 15»
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Deadly cone shell agony: 'I was convulsing in pain'
But this week, his luck changed when he stood on a venomous cone shell. "(He) came out to pick me up and about three steps into the water to ... «Mackay Daily Mercury, Jun 15»
4
Agave spirits shine at Broad Ripple's Sangrita
The Choco Taco has a waffle cone shell around the ice cream, topped with salted dark chocolate, caramel and the kicker, fried pork skins on ... «Indianapolis Star, Jun 15»
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Rider is fined for assault in street
'Mackay needs mining': council tells inquiry · Man to face court on wounding charges · Winched to safety after cone shell venom strikes. «Mackay Daily Mercury, May 15»
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Beautiful beasts
The cone shell I have chosen to represent this family of beautiful shells is the most famous of them all—the Conus gloriamaris, the “Glory of the ... «Inquirer.net, May 15»
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UV light returns colour to million-year-old seashells
By applying this technique to 28 different cone shell fossils from three Neogene-associated coral reef deposits in the northern Dominican ... «CNET, Apr 15»
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UV Light Reveals Ancient Shells' Hidden Colors, Extinct Polka Dot …
The groundbreaking technique allowed the researchers to document the coloration patterns of 28 different cone shell species found in the ... «Headlines & Global News, Apr 15»
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Shell collectors may find bounty on Big Hickory Island
Perhaps not coincidentally, I soon spied a cone shell in the surf. That really pumped him up. By the time we headed back to the boat after two ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jan 15»
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Scientology-related Narconon rehab center may have violated law
One house, on Cone Shell Drive, is no longer rented. A house on Deltona Boulevard is a dorm only for staffers and former patients training to ... «Tampabay.com, Aug 14»

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