conoid

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Thanks to the lateral point of the stone anvil, which served the part of the conoid bicorn, he was able to forge rings rude in shape but strong.

From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor

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

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

Mr. Worms, in a series of experiments carried out at King's College, London, adopted a somewhat similar arrangement, but in place of the hemispherical segment he employed a conoid, as shown in Fig.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 by Various

Schell records the case of a soldier who was wounded July 3, 1867, by a conoid ball from a Remington revolver of the Army pattern.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)