Conus

Conus
A genus of shellfish that inhabits the shores of some South Pacific islands. Several species, C. geographus, C. textilis, C. aulicus, C. tulipa, and C. marmoreus are poisonous, their sting or spine causing acute pain, edema, numbness, spreading paralysis, and sometimes coma and death.

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co·nus 'kō-nəs n
1) cap a very large genus (the type of the family Conidae) of tropical marine snails comprising the cones and including many harmless forms and a few chiefly in the southwest Pacific that are highly dangerous because they are capable of biting with the radula and injecting a paralytic venom that has been known to cause death in humans
2) pl co·ni -.nī, -(.)nē CONUS ARTERIOSUS

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Co·nus (koґnəs) a genus of marine snails (cones) of the family Conidae. C. geograґphicus (the geographic cone) and C. textiґle (the textile cone) are carnivorous species that live in tropical oceans and kill fish by punching a hole with a proboscis and injecting poison; occasionally humans have been killed in the same manner.

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  • CONUS — apud Solin. c. 36. ubi de phoenice: Apud eosdem nascitur phoenix avis, aquilae magnitudine, capite honoratô in conum plumis exstantibus etc. idem quod apex. Proprie autem apex est galeae, seu im medio galeae pars eminens e ferro vel aere, quae ad …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • conus — 1885, from L. conus cone (see CONE (Cf. cone)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Conus — Co nus, n. [L., a cone.] 1. A cone. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) A Linnean genus of mollusks having a conical shell. See {Cone}, n., 4. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Conus — (lat.), 1) Kegel; 2) (Petref., Kegelschnecke), fossil kommen die C arten schon im Oolithen u. Kreidegebirge vor, häufig treten sie in den tertiären Schichten auf. Arten: C. cylindraceus, Schale fast cylindrisch, mit niedrigem Gewinde; im… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Conus [1] — Conus (lat., »Kegel«), in der Botanik soviel wie Zapfen, der Blüten und Fruchtstand der meisten Nadelhölzer (s. Koniferen) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Conus [2] — Conus, s. Kegelschnecke …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Conus — (lat., d.i. Kegel), kegelförmiger Frucht oder Blütenstand, wie bei den Nadelhölzern, meist Zapfen genannt. – Auch eine Gattg. der Kegelschnecken (s.d.) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Conus — Conus, lat., Kegel …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • conus — CÓNUS s.m. (zool.) Gasteropod marin cu cochilia convolută, conică. [< it. cono, cf. gr. konos – con]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 18.01.2005. Sursa: DN …   Dicționar Român

  • Conus — Para otros usos de este término, véase cono.   Caracoles cono …   Wikipedia Español

  • Conus — This article is about the genus of snails. For other uses, see Conus (disambiguation). Cucullus redirects here. This may also refer to part of the clasper in male insect genitalia. Cone snails Temporal range: Eocene–Recent …   Wikipedia

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