Phragmacone

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Phragmocone \Phrag"mo*cone\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, a fence, an inclosure
     + ? a cone.] (Zool.)
     The thin chambered shell attached to the anterior end of a
     belemnite. [Written also {phragmacone}.]
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  phragmacone
       n : the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight
           or curved) of a belemnite [syn: {phragmocone}]