Subconical

Word SUBCONICAL
Character 10
Hyphenation sub con ic al
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Subconical"

What do we mean by subconical?

Shaped somewhat like a cone.

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The word "subconical" in example sentences

The euenantiornithean Eoenantiornis has four subconical teeth in each premaxilla while there were probably six or seven teeth in each dentary, the rostral-most two of which were larger than the others (Zhou et al. 2005). ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Its immense long-jawed skull and huge, subconical caniniform teeth were well suited for predation on other marine reptiles, and numerous Oxford Clay reptiles exhibit bite marks that match Liopleurodon teeth (Anderson 2005). ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

The teeth at the jaw tips were slender and subconical, so Phalarodon seems to have been a generalist, perhaps picking up small soft-bodied prey with the rostral teeth, and crushing big hard-shelled prey with the tribodont teeth further back. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Its skull was slender-jawed and, while its many subconical teeth were blunt-tipped, it lacked the huge tribodont teeth of Phalarodon. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

The mountain forming the east wall of the ravine is the subconical one, seen to such advantage from Arghundee, it is of limestone, quite precipitous, with a few large bushes of, I do not know what; none of them being within reach, -- Ilex, and _Cupressus_. ❋ William Griffith (N/A)

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