Definition of conch

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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..

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Conchyliologist :: Conchyliologist (n.) Alt. of Conchyliolog.
Conchoidal :: Conchoidal (a.) Having elevations or depressions in form like one half of a bivalve shell; -- applied principally to a surface produced by fracture.
Conch :: Conch (n.) In works of art, the shell used by Tritons as a trumpet..
Conchite :: Conchite (n.) A fossil or petrified conch or shell.
Concha :: Concha (n.) The plain semidome of an apse; sometimes used for the entire apse.
Conchylious :: Conchylious (a.) Conchylaceous.
Fracture :: Fracture (n.) The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture..
Conchitic :: Conchitic (a.) Composed of shells; containing many shells.
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..
Conchiform :: Conchiform (a.) Shaped like one half of a bivalve shell; shell-shaped.
Conch :: Conch (n.) The external ear. See Concha, n., 2..
Conchiferous :: Conchiferous (a.) Producing or having shells.
Conchometer :: Conchometer (n.) An instrument for measuring shells, or the angle of their spire..
Conchinine :: Conchinine (n.) See Quinidine.
Solenoconcha :: Solenoconcha (n. pl.) Same as Scaphopoda.
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..
Prosiphon :: Prosiphon (n.) A minute tube found in the protoconch of ammonites, and not connected with the true siphon..
Conchylaceous :: Conchylaceous (a.) Alt. of Conchyliaceou.
Testaceology :: Testaceology (n.) The science of testaceous mollusks; conchology.
Conchyliology :: Conchyliology (n.) See Conchologist, and Conchology..
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