conchology
noun
the branch of zoology dealing with the shells of mollusks.
conchological
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a word derived from
conchology.
Example Sentences
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In the galleries of the Museum, they viewed the stuffed quadrupeds with amazement, the butterflies with delight, and the metals with indifference; the fossils made them dream; the conchological specimens bored them.
From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Gustave Flaubert
It was a sort of conchological interest that he had.
From Herbert Spencer by J. Arthur (John Arthur) Thomson
After careful conchological researches in the Western Mediterranean region, Dr. Kobelt came to the conclusion that formerly Southern Spain and Morocco must have been united by a broad land-connection.
From The History of the European Fauna by Robert Francis Scharff
She had collected and arranged conchological and mineralogical specimens to a considerable extent; loved flowers as only sensitive women can love them; and with all this was deeply read in theology and history.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various
Here is a table, conchological, entomological and ornithological, which might stay us a while if we were making a catalogue.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. by Various
