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Prosiphon :: Prosiphon (n.) A minute tube found in the protoconch of ammonites, and not connected with the true siphon..

Conchyliaceous :: Conchyliaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; as, conchyliaceous impressions..

Conchylious :: Conchylious (a.) Conchylaceous.

Conch :: Conch (n.) See Concha, n..

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

Chank :: Chank (n.) The East Indian name for the large spiral shell of several species of sea conch much used in making bangles, esp. Turbinella pyrum. Called also chank chell..

Conchologist :: Conchologist (n.) One who studies, or is versed in, 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..

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

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

Squinsy :: Squinch (n.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon..

Conchinine :: Conchinine (n.) See Quinidine.

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

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..

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

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

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

Conchometry :: Conchometry (n.) The art of measuring shells or their curves; conchyliometry.

Concha :: Concha (n.) The plain semidome of an apse; sometimes used for the entire apse.

Solenoconcha :: Solenoconcha (n. pl.) Same as Scaphopoda.

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