Meaning Of The Word Cone shell

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cone shell in American English
any of a family (Conidae) of tropical marine snails, most species of which can inflict a very poisonous bite
noun: any of numerous, chiefly tropical, marine gastropods of the genus Conus, having a smooth, brightly colored, conical shell with a short, flattened spire

cone shell in British English
noun: any of various tropical marine gastropod molluscs of the genus Conus and related genera, having a smooth conical shell

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