bactriticone

noun

bac·​trit·​i·​cone

bakˈtritəˌkōn

plural -s

: a straight ammonoid with simple sutures corresponding to the orthoceracone among the nautiloids

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Bactrites + English -i- + cone

First Known Use

circa 1909, in the meaning defined above

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