CONUS

continental United States.

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How to use CONUS in a sentence

A genus consisting of species of CONUS, having a rhomboidal or quadrilateral form and a coronated spire.
A Conchological Manual | George Brettingham Sowerby
Shell conical, with very short spire, and narrow aperture with parallel borders; operculum unguiform CONUS.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 | Various
I suspect that CONUS bullatus was meant, as the contrasting characters answer admirably.
The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4 | Various
The CONUS arteriosus too begins to be divided into two chambers, and in Protopterus this division is complete.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 | Various
But when it dilateth itself it becometh rounder, the CONUS being drawn to the basis.
William Harvey | D'Arcy Powers

British Dictionary definitions for conus

conus

/ (ˈkəʊnəs) /

nounplural -ni

anatomy zoology any of several cone-shaped structures, such as the conus medullaris, the lower end of the spinal cord

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