Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The collection and study of mollusk shells.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The science of shells and shell-fish.
- noun The word came into use when mollusks were chiefly studied with reference to their shells. Since increased attention has been given to the structure of the soft parts of mollusks, the term conchology is frequently replaced by malacology (which see). Shells were formerly divided into three orders, univalves, bivalves, and multivalves, according to the number of parts of which they are composed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form; malacology.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the
study ofmolluscs and theirshells - noun the
hobby of shellcollecting
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the collection and study of mollusc shells
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Examples
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In the end, the natural-history collection earned the approval of some of America’s top scientists, including Silliman, who praised Wood’s thoroughness: “Mr. Wood was indefatigable for many months in completing the herpetology of China; the conchology is fully represented,” and there are “some remarkably fine carbonates of copper, both nodular and radiated.”
The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876 2005
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"Why can't you call things by their right names, and say 'conchology'?" asked Ernest quietly.
Ruth Arnold or, the Country Cousin Lucy Byerley
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Conchology, Inc. - Official Shell Website (French, German) www. conchology.be
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SNAIL'S TALES: Not so modern conchology, but fully digitized nevertheless skip to main
Not so modern conchology, but fully digitized nevertheless AYDIN 2007
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Not so modern conchology, but fully digitized neve...
Deer skeleton AYDIN 2007
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We have dedicated it to the founder of the section Ameria, a gentleman well known for his deep researches in conchology.
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Not so modern conchology, but fully digitized neve...
Boxcar graffiti XLV & XLVI AYDIN 2007
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Not so modern conchology, but fully digitized neve...
Evolution of jaw asymmetry in snail-eating snakes AYDIN 2007
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General conchology; or, A description of shells, arranged according to the Linnean system.
Not so modern conchology, but fully digitized nevertheless AYDIN 2007
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Not so modern conchology, but fully digitized neve...
Can animals predict earthquakes? AYDIN 2007
mollusque commented on the word conchology
But you must unbend, you know. Why, you might take to some light study: conchology, now: I always think that must be a light study. Or get Dorothea to read you light things, Smollett -- Roderick Random, Humphrey Clinker: they are a little broad, but she may read anything now she's married, you know.
--George Eliot, 1872, Middlemarch
November 8, 2007