Conchology

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The branch of zoology that deals with the study of mollusks and shells.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the study of molluscs and their shells
  • n. the hobby of shell collecting
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form; malacology.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The science of shells and shell-fish.
  • n. 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.
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  • n. the collection and study of mollusc shells
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    aggregation    collecting    collection    assembling    malacology   
    Cross Reference
    malacology   
    Form
    conchologist   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    malacology   
    Same Context
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