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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Conoid \Co"noid\, n. [Gr. ? conical; ? cone + ? from: cf. F.
     cono["i]de.]
     1. Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone.
  
     2. (Geom.)
        (a) A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section
            about its axis; as, a parabolic conoid, elliptic
            conoid, etc.; -- more commonly called {paraboloid},
            {ellipsoid}, etc.
        (b) A surface which may be generated by a straight line
            moving in such a manner as always to meet a given
            straight line and a given curve, and continue parallel
            to a given plane. --Math. Dict.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Conoid \Co"noid\ a.
     Resembling a cone; conoidal.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  conoid
       n : a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a
           point [syn: {cone}, {cone shape}]

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