Definition of conchiferous in US English:
conchiferous
adjective kɑnˈtʃɪfərəskänˈCHifərəskɑnˈtʃɪfərəs
Producing, bearing, or characterized by the presence of shells.
Example sentencesExamples
- Even today, this monumental construction causes a powerful impression, for it is a huge cement oval, covered in conchiferous limestone, and is the crowning example of National Socialist architecture.
- The limestone changes from conchiferous sandstones to consolidated coquina limestone.
- Such analysis is also applicable to limpet gastropods and monoplacophorans, and it might help in studies of developmental constraints on the aperture map through early evolution of conchiferous molluscs.
- The water, seeping through the underground conchiferous layer, mixes with the salt that is deposited from the seashores.
- The inside of the cut stone walls is filled with stone chippings, lime and sand - the material used is a yellow ochre conchiferous limestone which probably came from quarries situated between Beaucaire and Montpellier, from where it would have been transported by boat.
- The material used is a yellow ochre conchiferous limestone which probably came from quarries situated between Beaucaire and Montpellier, from where it would have been transported by boat.
Definition of conchiferous in US English:
conchiferous
adjectivekɑnˈtʃɪfərəskänˈCHifərəs
Producing, bearing, or characterized by the presence of shells.
Example sentencesExamples
- Such analysis is also applicable to limpet gastropods and monoplacophorans, and it might help in studies of developmental constraints on the aperture map through early evolution of conchiferous molluscs.
- The limestone changes from conchiferous sandstones to consolidated coquina limestone.
- The water, seeping through the underground conchiferous layer, mixes with the salt that is deposited from the seashores.
- The material used is a yellow ochre conchiferous limestone which probably came from quarries situated between Beaucaire and Montpellier, from where it would have been transported by boat.
- The inside of the cut stone walls is filled with stone chippings, lime and sand - the material used is a yellow ochre conchiferous limestone which probably came from quarries situated between Beaucaire and Montpellier, from where it would have been transported by boat.
- Even today, this monumental construction causes a powerful impression, for it is a huge cement oval, covered in conchiferous limestone, and is the crowning example of National Socialist architecture.