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    CONUS
    continental United States.
  • conus
    conus
    noun
    anatomy zoology any of several cone-shaped structures, such as the conus medullaris, the lower end of the spinal cord

CONUS

American  
  1. continental United States.


conus British  
/ ˈkəʊnəs /

noun

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

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The conus textile shown below has a coloring similar to Wolfram’s Rule 30.

From Forbes Jul. 17, 2015

There is a smooth, thin-walled sinus venosus, a thin reticulate-walled auricle, produced laterally into two appendages, a thick-walled ventricle, and a conus arteriosus containing valves.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

The conus arteriosus too begins to be divided into two chambers, and in Protopterus this division is complete.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

In its interior are present a pair of laterally placed longitudinal ridges similar to the ridges which occur in other forms in the conus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

The ventricle passes anteriorly into what is clearly the homologue of the conus arteriosus of other forms.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

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