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Webster 1913 Edition


Conchology

Con-chol′o-gy

,
Noun.
[
Conch
+
-logy
.]
(Zool.)
The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form; malacology.

Webster 1828 Edition


Conchology

CONCHOLOGY

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Noun.
[Gr. A shell and discourse.] The doctrine or science of shells and shellfish.

Definition 2024


conchology

conchology

English

Noun

conchology (usually uncountable, plural conchologies)

  1. the study of molluscs and their shells
  2. the hobby of shell collecting

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