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conchologist|kɒŋˈkɒlədʒɪst|
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
One versed in, or a student of, conchology; a scientific collector of shells.
1784F. Martyn (title), The Universal Conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known Shell. 1830Herschel Stud. Nat. Phil. 344 The researches of the comparative anatomist and conchologist. 1857Wood Com. Objects Sea Shore 13 The conchologist, as he was termed, might have..a large collection of valuable shells, without the least idea of the form..habits, or development of the creature that secreted them.
b. A name given to the carrier-shell molluscs (see carrier 7), from their habit of attaching other shells, stones, etc., to their own shells. |