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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..

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

Conchylaceous :: Conchylaceous (a.) Alt. of Conchyliaceou.

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..

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

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

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

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.) 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.) In works of art, the shell used by Tritons as a trumpet..

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..

Scaphopda :: Scaphopda (n. pl.) A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also Prosopocephala, and Solenoconcha..

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

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

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

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