Meaning of textile cone | Babel Free
Definitions
An attractive cone shell (Conus textile) in which the colours are arranged so that they resemble certain kinds of cloth, found in the Indo-Pacific.
Examples
“The hollow, transparent tooth of a cone snail can remain⟳ lodged in the puncture wound. In a 2-inch-long textile cone snail , the tooth is about 1/4 inch long.”
“The textile cone lives in tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and is fairly common on the Western Australian coast south to about Point⟳ Coates.”
“The animal on the cover⟳ of Architecting for Scale is a textile cone sea snail”
“Shaped like⟳ an ice-cream cone, the textile cone has eye stalks at its narrow end⟳ as well as a special tube used to smell⟳ food and breathe⟳ even while it is hidden beneath the sand.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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