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A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size. S. gigas is the large pink West Indian conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs are of the genus Cassis. See Cameo.
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A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing. It includes many large and handsome species commonly called conch shells, or conchs. See Conch.
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A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs.
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See Conchologist, and Conchology.
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Any marine univalve mollusk of the genus Strombus and allied genera. See Conch, and Strombus.
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The science of testaceous mollusks; conchology.
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Of or pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; as, conchyliaceous impressions.
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See Concha, n.
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Same as Conchometry.
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The external ear. See Concha, n., 2.
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Alt. of Conchyliology
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A fossil or petrified conch or shell.
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One of the Conchifera.
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Conchylaceous.
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Pertaining to the concha, or external ear; as, the conchal cartilage.
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Pertaining to, or connected with, conchology.
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The art of measuring shells or their curves; conchyliometry.
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One who studies, or is versed in, conchology.
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One of the white natives of the Bahama Islands or one of their descendants in the Florida Keys; -- so called from the commonness of the conch there, or because they use it for food.
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Alt. of Conchyliaceous
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