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Definition of Conchology
1. Noun. The collection and study of mollusc shells.
Generic synonyms: Aggregation, Assembling, Collecting, Collection, Malacology
Derivative terms: Conchologist
Definition of Conchology
1. n. The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form; malacology.
Definition of Conchology
1. Noun. the study of molluscs and their shells ¹
2. Noun. the hobby of shell collecting ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Conchology
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Conchology
Literary usage of Conchology
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Geology: Intended to Convey a Practical Knowledge of the by Robert Bakewell, Benjamin Silliman (1833)
"The reader who is entirely unacquainted with conchology may form some general
idea of a shell, if he be told that it is univalve, like a snail or a ..."
2. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1866)
"BRITISH conchology.* T)ATHER less than forty years JX ago it was still almost a
... It is not enough to love beauty only, and * British conchology; or, ..."
3. An Authentic History of Lancaster County: In the State of Pennsylvania by Jacob Isidor Mombert (1869)
"It is perhaps hardly necessary to say that conchology embraces that class of
animals usually known under the common name of "shells. ..."
4. Life, Letters, and Works of Louis Agassiz by Jules Marcou (1895)
"THE TWO TRANSLATIONS OF SOWERBY'S " MINERAL conchology OF GREAT BRITAIN " — ACTUAL
MERCANTILE VALUE OF AGASSIZ'S PUBLICATIONS — AGASSIZ'S FAMILY COME TO HIS ..."
5. The English Gentleman's Library Manual: Or, A Guide to the Formation of a by William Goodhugh (1827)
"conchology. DA COSTA. Elements of conchology, by Da Costa. LAMARCK. Illustrations of
conchology, according to the system of Lamarck ..."
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