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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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Conch :: 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..

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

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

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

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..

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

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

Flint :: Flint (n.) A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge. It is very hard, and strikes fire with steel..

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

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

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

Strombite :: Stromb (n.) Any marine univalve mollusk of the genus Strombus and allied genera. See Conch, and Strombus..

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

Conchylious :: Conchylious (a.) Conchylaceous.

Conch :: Conch (n.) The external ear. See Concha, n., 2..

Concho-spiral :: Concho-spiral (n.) A kind of spiral curve found in certain univalve 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..

Conchite :: Conchite (n.) A fossil or petrified conch or shell.

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

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