conchiolinn.
/kɒŋˈkʌɪəlɪn/ Chemistry.
The organic constituent of the shells of molluscs, closely allied to Keratin.
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1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life Introd. 89 A rigid support of conchiolin.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 126 The nacre consists of alternating lamellæ of conchiolin, and of conchiolin containing calcareous deposits.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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n.1870- chrysmall
- chryso
- chryso-
- chryso-aristocracy
- chrysoaristocracy
- chrysoberyl
- chrysoberyl cat's-eye
- chrysoberyl cat'seye
- chrysoberyls
- chrysobull
- chrysocarpous
- chrysochlore
- chrysochlorous
- chrysocoll
- chrysocolla
- chrysocracy
- chrysogen
- chrysograph
- chrysography
- chrysoidine
- chrysolepate
- chrysolepic acid
- chrysolite
- chrysolites
- chrysology