Curve That Is U-Shaped
This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Extraordinary Creatures, Group 1595, Puzzle 1 (Winged Lion).
Question is: Curve That Is U-Shaped
and the answer is: PARABOLA
Word Meaning:
PARABOLA — (geometry) The conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to a tangent plane to the cone; the locus of points equidistant from a fixed point (the focus) and line (the directrix).
Definitions from Wiktionary.