conchylian.
With plural agreement. Shellfish, conchifera n.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > Conchifera > [noun]
conchyliaa1620
conchifera1828
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. i. §4. 177 Oysters, and Muscles, and such other like conchylia.
Derivatives
conchyliˈaceous adj. of the nature of molluscous shells, shelly (Worcester, 1846).
conˈchyliated adj. embodied in or derived from shells.
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1867 M. S. Lovell Edible Mollusks Great Brit. & Ireland 132 Violet..being the most vivid of all the conchyliated tints.
conchyˈliferous adj. conchiferous.
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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
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > of types of > of or relating to Testacea
testaceous1646
conchyliferous1811
testacean1846
testate1947
1811 J. Parkinson Org. Remains Former World III. 49 All other cephalous conchyliferus molluscæ.
1834 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom XII. 291 The octopi also feed on conchyliferous mollusca.
conchyliˈologist n. [French conchyliologiste] = conchologist n.
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the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > testaceous animals > shells > one who
conchyliologist1772
conchologist1784
1772 Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 230 One has hitherto escaped the researches of conchiliologists.
conchyliˈology n. [French conchyliologie] = conchology n.
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the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > testaceous animals > shells
conchyliology1753
conchology1776
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Admiral, in conchyliology, the name given..to a very beautiful..shell.
1781 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. III. 4 On being initiated into the science of conchyliology.
1877 Blackie's Pop. Encycl. II. 485/2 Conchology, or more correctly Conchyliology, no longer holds the place it formerly occupied in science.
conchyliˈometer n. = conchometer n.
conchyliˈometry n. = conchometer n.
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1843 Year-bk. Facts 133 On Conchyliometry.
conchylioˈmorphite n. the fossil cast or impression of a shell.
conˈchylious adj. of or belonging to the conchylia n. (Smart, 1849).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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