单词	conchology
释义	conchology /kɒŋˈkɒlədʒi / noun [mass noun] The scientific study or collection of mollusc shells.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. 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. Derivatives conchological /kɒŋkəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l/ adjective ... Further anatomical and conchological investigations of bivalves continued to prove useful for finding more characters. Anatomical data for V. sinense are lacking, but its conchological scores are identical to V multispinosum and V. asiaticum. 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. conchologist /kɒŋˈkɒlədʒɪst / noun ... The conchologist was probably John Warren, described by Dall as a stout, florid, old Englishman who dealt in shells and curios. 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. His wife, Carrie, was the daughter of John Ford, a well-known conchologist connected with the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. Origin Late 18th century: from Greek konkhē 'shell' + -logy.
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