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conoid

or  co*noi*dal  adj :  shaped like or nearly like a cone
n :  a cone-shaped structure : esp  :  a hollow organelle shaped like a truncated cone that occurs at the anterior end of the organism in some developmental stages of some sporozoans (as of the genus Sarcocystis) .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  Can·i·dae  cant  cond  con·nate 

 
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