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Conch [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A marine shell.

2. Adds orient pearls, which from the conchs he drew.

Conch [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. 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.

2. In works of art, the shell used by Tritons as a trumpet.

3. 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.

4. See Concha, n.

5. The external ear. See Concha, n., 2.

Concha [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The plain semidome of an apse; sometimes used for the entire apse.

2. The external ear; esp. the largest and deepest concavity of the external ear, surrounding the entrance to the auditory canal.

Conchal [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pertaining to the concha, or external ear; as, the conchal cartilage.

Conchifer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One of the Conchifera.

Conchifera [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

That class of Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells; the Lamellibranchiata. See Mollusca.

Conchiferous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Producing or having shells.

Conchiferous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Producing or having shells.

Conchiform [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Shaped like one half of a bivalve shell; shell-shaped.

Conchinine [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Quinidine.

Conchite [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A fossil or petrified conch or shell.

Conchite [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A fossil or petrified conch or shell.

Conchitic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Composed of shells; containing many shells.

Concho-spiral [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A kind of spiral curve found in certain univalve shells.

Conchoid [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The name of a curve, given to it by its inventor Nicomedes.

Conchoid [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A curve, of the fourth degree, first made use of by the Greek geometer, Nicomedes, who invented it for the purpose of trisecting an angle and duplicating the cube.

Conchoidal [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In mineralogy, resembling a conch or marine shell; having convex elevations and concave depressions, like shells; as a conchoidal fracture.

Conchoidal [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having elevations or depressions in form like one half of a bivalve shell; -- applied principally to a surface produced by fracture.

Conchological [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pertaining to conchology.

Conchological [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pertaining to, or connected with, conchology.

Conchologist [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One versed in the natural history of shells or shell-fish; one who studies the nature, properties and habits of shells and their included animals.

Conchologist [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who studies, or is versed in, conchology.

Conchology [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The doctrine or science of shells and shellfish.

Conchology [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form; malacology.

Conchometer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

An instrument for measuring shells.

Conchometer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An instrument for measuring shells, or the angle of their spire.

Conchometry [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The art of measuring shells or their curves; conchyliometry.

Conchylaceous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; as conchylaceous impressions.

Conchylaceous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Conchyliaceous

Conchyliaceous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; as, conchyliaceous impressions.