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Definition of conch

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Conch (n.) A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size. S. gigas is the large pink West Indian conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs are of the genus Cassis. See Cameo..

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Conchiform :: Conchiform (a.) Shaped like one half of a bivalve shell; shell-shaped.

Conchology :: Conchology (n.) The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form; malacology..

Conchifera :: Conchifera (n. pl.) That class of Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells; the Lamellibranchiata. See Mollusca.

Concha :: Concha (n.) The external ear; esp. the largest and deepest concavity of the external ear, surrounding the entrance to the auditory canal..

Conchological :: Conchological (a.) Pertaining to, or connected with, conchology..

Conchyliology :: Conchyliology (n.) See Conchologist, and Conchology..

Conchitic :: Conchitic (a.) Composed of shells; containing many shells.

Fracture :: Fracture (n.) The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture..

Testaceology :: Testaceology (n.) The science of testaceous mollusks; conchology.

Glass :: Glass (v. t.) A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for lenses, and various articles of ornament..

Univalve :: Univalve (n.) A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs..

Sconcheon :: Sconcheon (n.) A squinch.

Conchylaceous :: Conchylaceous (a.) Alt. of Conchyliaceou.

Quinidine :: Quinidine (n.) An alkaloid isomeric with, and resembling, quinine, found in certain species of cinchona, from which it is extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; conchinine. It is used somewhat as a febrifuge..

Protoconch :: Protoconch (n.) The embryonic shell, or first chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods..

Conchylious :: Conchylious (a.) Conchylaceous.

Conchyliometry :: Conchyliometry (n.) Same as Conchometry.

Stromeyerite :: Strombus (n.) A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing. It includes many large and handsome species commonly called conch shells, or conchs. See Conch..

Antitragus :: Antitragus (n.) A prominence on the lower posterior portion of the concha of the external ear, opposite the tragus. See Ear..

Conchiferous :: Conchiferous (a.) Producing or having shells.