Definition of conch

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Conch (n.) See Concha, n..

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Concha :: Concha (n.) The external ear; esp. the largest and deepest concavity of the external ear, surrounding the entrance to the auditory canal..
Conchylious :: Conchylious (a.) Conchylaceous.
Glass :: Glass (v. t.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion..
Solenoconcha :: Solenoconcha (n. pl.) Same as Scaphopoda.
Conch :: Conch (n.) In works of art, the shell used by Tritons as a trumpet..
Strombite :: Stromb (n.) Any marine univalve mollusk of the genus Strombus and allied genera. See Conch, and Strombus..
Conch :: Conch (n.) One of the white natives of the Bahama Islands or one of their descendants in the Florida Keys; -- so called from the commonness of the conch there, or because they use it for food..
Conchiferous :: Conchiferous (a.) Producing or having shells.
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..
Prosiphon :: Prosiphon (n.) A minute tube found in the protoconch of ammonites, and not connected with the true siphon..
Conchological :: Conchological (a.) Pertaining to, or connected with, conchology..
Dioecia :: Dioecia (n. pl.) A subclass of gastropod mollusks in which the sexes are separate. It includes most of the large marine species, like the conchs, cones, and cowries..
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..
Conch :: Conch (n.) The external ear. See Concha, n., 2..
Conch :: Conch (n.) See Concha, n..
Conchiform :: Conchiform (a.) Shaped like one half of a bivalve shell; shell-shaped.
Conchinine :: Conchinine (n.) See Quinidine.
Conchal :: Conchal (a.) Pertaining to the concha, or external ear; as, the conchal cartilage..
Protoconch :: Protoconch (n.) The embryonic shell, or first chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods..
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..
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