Conus

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  • n. A cone.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A cone.
  • n. A Linnean genus of mollusks having a conical shell. See Cone, n., 4.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In anatomy, a conical or conoid structure or organ.
  • n. [capitalized] In conchology, the typical genus of the family Conidæ (which see), and in some systems conterminous with it: so named from the conical figure of these shells.
  • n. A patch of atrophied choroid near the optic papilla in myopia.
  • Word Usage
    "When it tapers off, the tip of the cord is then called the conus medullaris."
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    cone   
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    Words with the same meaning
    cone   
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    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cronus    Jonas    bonus    colonus    keratoconus