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

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

Conchyliaceous :: Conchyliaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; as, conchyliaceous impressions..

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

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

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

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..

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..

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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