Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to conchology, or the scientific study of shells.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or connected with, conchology.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
conchology .
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Examples
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The individual frequency distributions for all the conchological traits we examined were normal giving rise to bimodal distributions when combined.
Snails, hybrids and reproductive isolation AYDIN 2007
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So we reasoned that if there were hybrids their shells would be intermediate in at least some of those characteristics and, therefore, detectable using various conchological analyses.
Archive 2007-11-01 AYDIN 2007
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The individual frequency distributions for all the conchological traits we examined were normal giving rise to bimodal distributions when combined.
Archive 2007-11-01 AYDIN 2007
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So we reasoned that if there were hybrids their shells would be intermediate in at least some of those characteristics and, therefore, detectable using various conchological analyses.
Snails, hybrids and reproductive isolation AYDIN 2007
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Aydin, this is a fine example of what a "citizen scientist" can do without breaching the pale of his backyard and "conchological den," as Walter F. Webb referred to it.
A small survivor AYDIN 2007
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You're not the only malacologist who has been vexed by this uncanny conchological similarity Lucilla vs.
How I determined this was Hawaiia minuscula AYDIN 2007
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Galapagos Archipelago we have a halting-place, where many new forms have been created, and whither these two great conchological provinces have each sent several colonists.
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The space of open sea running north and south off the west coast separates two quite distinct conchological provinces; but at the
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Galapagos Archipelago we have a halting-place, where many new forms have been created, and whither these two great conchological provinces have each sent several colonists.
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We have, therefore, in this quarter of the world, three great conchological sea-provinces, quite distinct, though surprisingly near each other, being separated by long north and south spaces either of land or of open sea.
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