conoid
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Its conoid head is very elongated, and by reason of this elegant form it always falls upon its point, even at falling angles of an amplitude approaching 60 degrees.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 by Various
The stolen object is a globe; the object presented in exchange is an elliptical conoid studded with angular projections along the edge of the base.
From The Life of the Spider by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
Archimedes developed the proportions necessary for effecting this comparison, in his treatises on the sphere and cylinder, the spheroid and conoid, and in his work on the measure of the circle.
From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) by Spooner, Shearjashub
The stolen object is a globe; the object presented in exchange is an elliptical conoid studded with angular projections along the edge of the base.
From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
Apart from its pillars, the egg-pocket is an inverted conoid, reminding us of the work of the Silky Epeira.
From The Life of the Spider by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
