Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One versed in conchology.
- noun A name of the carrier-shells (family Phoridœ), from their often attaching other shells to the margins of their whorls as they grow. Also called
mineralogist . See cut undercarrier-shell .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One who studies, or is versed in, conchology.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who collects
shells , especially for the purpose ofscientific study.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a collector and student of mollusc shells
Etymologies
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Examples
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A self-proclaimed master in the art of harnessing the energy of crystals, Kanti says he is also a respected numismatist (a student of money), chromotherapist (a color healer) and conchologist (a shell collector).
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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A self-proclaimed master in the art of harnessing the energy of crystals, Kanti says he is also a respected numismatist (a student of money), chromotherapist (a color healer) and conchologist (a shell collector).
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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A self-proclaimed master in the art of harnessing the energy of crystals, Kanti says he is also a respected numismatist (a student of money), chromotherapist (a color healer) and conchologist (a shell collector).
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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We have much pleasure in naming this noble Physa after Dr. Newcomb, the distinguished American conchologist, who has contributed so much, by his researches in the Sandwich Islands, to our knowledge of the genus Helicter or Achatinella.
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Incidentally, this appears to be the scan of the personal copy of the American malacologist conchologist?
Not so modern conchology, but fully digitized nevertheless AYDIN 2007
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Incidentally, this appears to be the scan of the personal copy of the American malacologist conchologist?
Archive 2007-02-01 AYDIN 2007
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Though certain species of molluscs have their respective habitats, and that which is considered rare in one part may be common in another, there are few which have not a general interest for the scientific conchologist.
My Tropic Isle 2003
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The conchologist builds his cabinet whilst as yet he has few shells.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Various
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Of all places in the Philippines Cebú will please the conchologist.
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
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The next day found us again installed at our old quarters in Palermo, where, during our brief remaining stay, we visit a conchologist, before which event we had no notion that Sicily was so rich in shells.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 Various
whichbe commented on the word conchologist
*eyes mollusque*
December 30, 2008