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Definition of Shell collecting
1. Noun. The collection and study of mollusc shells.
Generic synonyms: Aggregation, Assembling, Collecting, Collection, Malacology
Derivative terms: Conchologist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shell Collecting
Literary usage of Shell collecting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Yedo and Peking: A Narrative of a Journey to the Capitals of Japan and China by Robert Fortune (1863)
"... Arrive at Yoku- hama — Insect and shell collecting — Reported difficulty in
getting assistance from the natives — How to manage Orientals — Ilaro beetle ..."
2. Yedo and Peking: A Narrative of a Journey to the Capitals of Japan and China by Robert Fortune (1868)
"... shell collecting — Reported difficulty in getting assistance from the natives —
How to manage Orientals — Rare ..."
3. Yedo and Peking: A Narrative of a Journey to the Capitals of Japan and China by Robert Fortune (1863)
"... in Van Dieman's Strait — Arrive at Yoku- hama — Insect and shell collecting —
Reported difficulty in getting assistance from the natives — How to manage ..."
4. American Journal of Conchology by George Washington Tryon, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Conchological Section (1867)
"SHELL-COLLECTING IN BRAZIL.—Mr. AD Brown, a zealous conchologist residing at
Princeton, NJ, has just departed for Brazil, where he proposes to spend a year ..."
5. The Girl's Own Outdoor Book, Containing Practical Help to Girls on Matters by Charles Peters (1889)
"V.—shell collecting. ' Do you really mean to say, Miss Gertrude, that you have
lived all these years by the sea-side and have never once thought about a ..."
6. Stuffing Birds, Pressing Plants, Shaping Knowledge: Natural History in North by Sue Ann Prince (2003)
"Beginning in the Low Countries in the fifteenth century, shell collecting as a
hobby- spread quickly throughout Europe.1' Conrad Gesner, Ulisse Aldrovandi, ..."
7. Florida: Gulf Coast by Don Philpott (2003)
"Accessed by the Dunedin Causeway, the island is another get- away-from-it-all
location and is ideal for those who like shell-collecting. ..."
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