conoid
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Mr. Worms, in a series of experiments carried out at King's College, London, adopted a somewhat similar arrangement, but in place of the hemispherical segment he employed a conoid, as shown in Fig.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 by Various
Apart from its pillars, the egg-pocket is an inverted conoid, reminding us of the work of the Silky Epeira.
From The Life of the Spider by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
It is an obtuse conoid, closed with a star-shaped disk.
From The Life of the Spider by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
The stolen object is a globe; the object presented in exchange is an elliptical conoid studded with angular projections along the edge of the base.
From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
The fracture may take place through the attachment of the conoid and trapezoid ligaments, in which case the only symptoms are pain and tenderness at the seat of fracture, with impaired movement of the limb.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
