before a vowel sometimes conic- [Gr. κονικο-], combining form of CONIC a., joined adverbially with adjectives denoting shape: = Conically-, with a tendency to being conical; as Conico-cylindrical, conically-cylindrical, nearly cylindrical, but slightly tapered like a cone; Conico-hemispherical, nearly hemispherical, but with a tendency toward the conical; so conico-elongate, conico-ovate (conic-ovate), conico-subulate.
1852–9. Todd, Cycl. Anat., IV. 1227/2. The largest [tubercles] are conico-cylindrical flat.
1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., III. 220. This [cocoon] is ovate or conico-ovate.
1870. Hooker, Stud. Flora, 420. Carex vesicaria … perigynia large spreading conic-ovoid inflated.
1848. Dana, Zooph., 139. Conico-subhemispherical … sides concentrically wrinkled.
