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Definition of conchology in English: conchologynoun kɒŋˈkɒlədʒikɑŋˈkɑlədʒi mass nounThe scientific study or collection of mollusc shells. Example sentencesExamples - Author of dozens of books on conchology, Senior Advisor, Founding Director, and finally Museum Director of the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, Abbott brought the world of conchology to the public.
- A recent post at A Snails's Eye View was about the conchology book Edgar Allan Poe wrote, or rather plagiarized.
- The beginnings of shell collecting and its scientific study, conchology, are not very far removed from that beach-combing experience: a beautiful object washed up on a beach was taken and admired.
- interests are in all things molluscan, ie: shell collecting (recent and fossil), conchology and malacology (study of shells and shellfish), and molluscan ecology and conservation.
- Conchology and Malacology are the study of the Mollusca.
Derivatives adjective kɒŋkəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l Anatomical data for V. sinense are lacking, but its conchological scores are identical to V multispinosum and V. asiaticum. Example sentencesExamples - Moreover, the species descriptions were restricted to conchological characters only, removing any inherent inequality between the roles of extant and extinct species in the analyses.
- Golikov & Tarobogatov place the Metoptomatidae among the Helcionellida on the basis of conchological similarity.
- Further anatomical and conchological investigations of bivalves continued to prove useful for finding more characters.
- Perhaps the most interesting feature of this subclade though is not conchological, but biogeographical.
noun kɒŋˈkɒlədʒɪstkɑŋˈkɑlədʒəst The nine civilians on the expedition included two artists, two botanists, a conchologist, a geologist, two naturalists, and a philologist. Example sentencesExamples - Charles became well-known as a botanist and conchologist.
- The conchologist was probably John Warren, described by Dall as a stout, florid, old Englishman who dealt in shells and curios.
- His wife, Carrie, was the daughter of John Ford, a well-known conchologist connected with the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.
- As a conchologist, he described the shells collected on the United States Exploring Expedition by Joseph P. Couthouy, a fellow member with Gould of the BSNH, and other members of the Expedition's scientific staff.
Origin Late 18th century: from Greek konkhē 'shell' + -logy. Definition of conchology in US English: conchologynounkäNGˈkäləjēkɑŋˈkɑlədʒi The scientific study or collection of mollusk shells. Compare with malacology Example sentencesExamples - Author of dozens of books on conchology, Senior Advisor, Founding Director, and finally Museum Director of the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, Abbott brought the world of conchology to the public.
- A recent post at A Snails's Eye View was about the conchology book Edgar Allan Poe wrote, or rather plagiarized.
- Conchology and Malacology are the study of the Mollusca.
- interests are in all things molluscan, ie: shell collecting (recent and fossil), conchology and malacology (study of shells and shellfish), and molluscan ecology and conservation.
- The beginnings of shell collecting and its scientific study, conchology, are not very far removed from that beach-combing experience: a beautiful object washed up on a beach was taken and admired.
Origin Late 18th century: from Greek konkhē ‘shell’ + -logy. |