deuteroconch

English

Etymology

From deutero- +‎ conch.

Noun

deuteroconch (plural deuteroconches or deuteroconchs)

  1. (zoology) The second chamber of ammonites and other cephalopods
    • 1954, Alan Hilder Smout, Lower Tertiary Foraminifera of the Qatar Peninsula, British Museum (Natural History), page 25:
      A microspheric nucleoconch does not have an obvious deuteroconch, and is followed by a spiral nepionic stage, no matter what the adult chamber arrangement may be.
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