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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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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..

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

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

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

Conchology :: Conchology (n.) The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form; malacology..

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

Conchal :: Conchal (a.) Pertaining to the concha, or external ear; as, the conchal cartilage..

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..

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

Glass :: Glass (v. t.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion..

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

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

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..

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..

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..

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

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

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..

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