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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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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..

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

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

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.

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

Conchinine :: Conchinine (n.) See Quinidine.

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

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..

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

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..