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- adjective Alternative form of
conchylaceous .
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Examples
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I seldom say a harsh word to any one, but I was not master of myself then, and I spoke right out and called him an anisodactylous plesiosaurian conchyliaceous Ornithorhyneus, and rotten to the heart with holophotal subterranean extemporaneousness.
Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells. 1910
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One day there came a note from the editor requiring me to write ten pages on this revolting text: "Considerations concerning the alleged subterranean holophotal extemporaneousness of the conchyliaceous superimbrication of the Ornithorhyncus, as foreshadowed by the unintelligibility of its plesiosaurian anisodactylous aspects."
Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells. 1910
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He read it: "Considerations concerning the alleged subterranean holophotal extemporaneousness of the conchyliaceous superimbrication of the Ornithorhyncus, as foreshadowed by the unintelligibility of its plesiosaurian anisodactylous aspects."
Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells. 1910
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One day there came a note from the editor requiring me to write ten pages -- on this revolting text: "Considerations concerning the alleged subterranean holophotal extemporaneousness of the conchyliaceous superimbrication of the Ornithorhyncus, as foreshadowed by the unintelligibility of its plesiosaurian anisodactylous aspects."
Mark Twain's Speeches Mark Twain 1872
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I seldom say a harsh word to any one, but I was not master of myself then, and I spoke right out and called him an anisodactylous plesiosaurian conchyliaceous Ornithorhyncus, and rotten to the heart with holoaophotal subterranean extemporaneousness.
Mark Twain's Speeches Mark Twain 1872
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He read it: "Considerations concerning the alleged subterranean holophotal extemporaneousness of the conchyliaceous superimbrication of the
Mark Twain's Speeches Mark Twain 1872
biocon commented on the word conchyliaceous
Conchyliaceous means "of the nature of molluscous shells, shelly" (Oxford English Dictionary).
July 28, 2011