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Meaning of phragmocone | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The chambered portion of the shell of certain cephalopods, divided by septa into camerae.

Examples

“This ability to continuously add new buoyancy chambers to their phragmocones allowed ancient cephalopods to reach truly stupendous sizes.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

phragmoplast phragmosis phragmosome phragmospore phragmoteuthid phrasal