ancistrosyrinx
noun
an·cis·tro·syrinx
an¦sistrō +
1
capitalized : a small genus (family Turritidae) of gastropod mollusks that occur in warm deep seas and have delicate steeply shouldered pale shells ringed with upward-curving spines
2
plural ancistrosyringes : any mollusk or shell of the genus Ancistrosyrinx
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek ankistron fishhook + syrinx shepherd's pipe
First Known Use
1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- composed
- composed throughout
- composedly
- composedness
- composednesses
- composer
- composers
- composes
- composing
- composing machine
- composing room
- composing rule
- composing stick
- composita
- Compositae
- compositaes
- composite
- composite cone
- composite dike
- composite engine
- composite function
- composite photograph
- composite print
- composite sailing
- composite sill