Funnel-shaped. ... Synonym: infundibuliform. ... Origin: G. Choane, funnel, + eidos, resemblance ... (05 Mar 2000) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
Cho'a·noid adjective [ Greek ... funnel + -oid .] (Anat.) Funnel-shaped; -- applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the ball of the eye in many reptiles and mammals. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/69