conchology

[kong-kol-uh-jee]

noun

the branch of zoology dealing with the shells of mollusks.

Origin of conchology

1770–80; conch + -o- + -logy

Related formscon·cho·log·i·cal

[kong-kuh-loj-i-kuh l] /ˌkɒŋ kəˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl/, adjectivecon·cho·log·i·cal·ly, adverbcon·chol·o·gist, noun

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Examples from the Web for conchology

Historical Examples of conchology

His conchology and meteorology, and all the rest of his ologies?
Johnny Ludlow, Third Series
Mrs. Henry Wood
These shells are curious to those who are learned in conchology.
Toilers of the Sea
Victor Hugo
Why can't you call things by their right names, and say 'conchology'?
Ruth Arnold
Lucy Byerley
It might have been chess, it might have been conchology, it might have been heraldry.
The Mountebank
William J. Locke
Conchoid′al, pertaining to a conchoid: shell-like, applied to the fracture of a mineral; Concholog′ical, pertaining to conchology.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)
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British Dictionary definitions for conchology

conchology

noun

the study and collection of mollusc shells

Derived Formsconchological (ˌkɒŋkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl), adjectiveconchologist, noun

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