"textile cone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: textile cones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} textile cone (plural textile cones)
  1. An attractive cone shell (Conus textile) in which the colours are arranged so that they resemble certain kinds of cloth, found in the Indo-Pacific.
    Sense id: en-textile_cone-en-noun-6s0GGEra Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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