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Co*ni"ine (? or &?;), n. See
Conine.

Co"ni*mene (?), n. [Etymol.
uncertain.] (Chem.) Same as Olibene.

Co"nine (? or &?;), n. [From
Conium.] (Chem.) A powerful and very poisonous
vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock (Conium maculatum)
and extracted as a colorless oil, C₈H₁₇N,
of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It is regarded as a
derivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines.
It occasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves. Called also
coniine, coneine, conia, etc. See
Conium, 2.

||Co`ni*ros"ter (?), n. [NL.]
(Zoöl.) One of the Conirostres.

Co`ni*ros"tral (?), a.
(Zoöl.) Belonging to the Conirostres.

||Co`ni*ros"tres (?), n. pl. [NL.,
fr. L. conus cone + rostrum beak: cf. F.
conirostre.] (Zoöl.) A tribe of perching
birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the
finches.


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