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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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

Conchylious :: Conchylious (a.) Conchylaceous.

Conch :: Conch (n.) In works of art, the shell used by Tritons as a trumpet..

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..

Conchoid :: Conchoid (n.) A curve, of the fourth degree, first made use of by the Greek geometer, Nicomedes, who invented it for the purpose of trisecting an angle and duplicating the cube..

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

Conchifer :: Conchifer (n.) One of the Conchifera.

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

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..

Conchoidal :: Conchoidal (a.) Having elevations or depressions in form like one half of a bivalve shell; -- applied principally to a surface produced by fracture.

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

Conchyliologist :: Conchyliologist (n.) Alt. of Conchyliolog.

Conchometer :: Conchometer (n.) An instrument for measuring shells, or the angle of their spire..

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

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