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Protoconch

Pro′to-conch

,
Noun.
[
Proto-
+
conch
.]
(Zool.)
The embryonic shell, or first chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods.

Definition 2025


protoconch

protoconch

English

Noun

protoconch (plural protoconches or protoconchs)

  1. (zoology) The embryonic shell, or first chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods.