conchiferousadj.
/kɒŋˈkɪfərəs/ 1. Producing a shell, shell-bearing; sometimes spec. belonging to the Conchifera; bivalve.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [adjective] > of bivalve molluscs or shells
cardinal1809
conchyliferous1811
transverse1822
conchiferous1833
transversal1835
tellinoid1841
shell-bearing1844
saxicavous1850
auriculate1854
pelecypodous1857
sinupallial1863
tubivalve1882
sinupalliate1883
pelecypod1890
taxodont1895
1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 230 [Cypris] moults its integuments annually, which the conchiferous molluscs do not.
1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 380/2 In all the conchiferous Gasteropods.
1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel II. ii. ii. 102 Periwinkles, Blackamoor's teeth..and other specimens of the conchiferous ingenuity of Nature.
2. Geology. Characterized by the presence of shells.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > formations by contents > [adjective] > containing organic remains > containing shells
shelly1555
shell1587
conchylaceous1799
conchitic1811
conchiferous1830
orbitoidal1848
1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 130 When our oldest conchiferous rocks were produced.
1853 J. Phillips Rivers, Mountains, & Sea-coast Yorks. iv. 136 This is also a shelly series, and is 20 feet thick..The strata of these richly conchiferous beds.
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