conchiferous
Americanadjective
adjective
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(esp of molluscs) having or producing a shell
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(of rocks) containing shells
Etymology
Origin of conchiferous
Example Sentences
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At a depth of fifty-two feet the diggers came to the virgin soil, a very hard conchiferous limestone.
From Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples by N. D'Anvers
On the causes of the absence of recent conchiferous deposits on the coast of S. America.
From Geological Observations on South America by Charles Darwin
Considering these facts, it ceases, I think, to be surprising, that extensive recent conchiferous deposits are entirely absent on the southern and western shores of America.
From Geological Observations on South America by Charles Darwin
The animal resides within two small valves, not unlike those of a bivalve shell, and moults its integuments annually, which the conchiferous mollusks do not.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
Can any light be thrown on this remarkable absence of recent conchiferous deposits on these coasts, on which, at an ancient tertiary epoch, strata abounding with organic remains were extensively accumulated?
From Geological Observations on South America by Charles Darwin
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