choanoid

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choanoid - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Choanoid \Cho"a*noid\, a. [Gr. choa`nh funnel + -oid.] (Anat.)
     Funnel-shaped; -- applied particularly to a hollow muscle
     attached to the ball of the eye in many reptiles and mammals.
     [1913 Webster]