paracone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cusp in the buccal corner of an upper molar tooth in mammals
  2. A mechanism, involving a form of parachute, used to slow some spacecraft during re-entry

Word forms

paracone paracones

Etymology

From para- + cone.

Related words

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