Conchology
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kɒŋˈkɒləd͡ʒi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Conchology is a noun meaning The study of molluscs and their shells.
Meaning
The study of molluscs and their shells.
More Meanings
- The hobby of shell collecting.
Example Sentences
The least dreadful among the essays stacked and waiting to be corrected would be that of young Master Jefferson Davis, who when imprisoned by Andrew Johnson in 1866 will ask his physician at Fortress Monroe to procure a few volumes of "conchology, geology, or botany," he desiring to commune with the interests of more innocent days.
"Thank goodness, I am not a child," said Lady Mandeville, turning over a collection of those juvenile tomes, which are to make the rising generation so much wiser than their grandfathers or grandmothers—catechisms of conchology, geology, mathematical questions for infants, geography, astronomy; "the child may be 'father to the man;' but the said father must have had some trouble with his offspring."
Word Forms
- conchologies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include conchyliologist, conch, conchiferan, conchifer, cockle, malacologist.
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