n. [ L. concha, Gr.
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‖n. [ LL. (in sense 1), fr. L. concha. See Conch. ]
a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the concha, or external ear;
n. [ Cf. F. conchofère. ] (Zool.) One of the Conchifera. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. concha + ferre to bear. ] (Zool.) That class of Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells; the Lamellibranchiata. See Mollusca. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Producing or having shells. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Conch + -form. ] Shaped like one half of a bivalve shell; shell-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Formed by transposition fr. cinchonine. ] See Quinidine. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. conchite. See Conch. ] (Paleon.) A fossil or petrified conch or shell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Composed of shells; containing many shells. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; shell +
a. [ Cf. F. conchoïdal. ] (Min.) Having elevations or depressions in form like one half of a bivalve shell; -- applied principally to a surface produced by fracture. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Pertaining to, or connected with, conchology. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) One who studies, or is versed in, conchology. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Conch + -logy. ] (Zool.) The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form; malacology. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Conch + -meter. ] (Zool.) An instrument for measuring shells, or the angle of their spire. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) The art of measuring shells or their curves; conchyliometry. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A kind of spiral curve found in certain univalve shells. Agassiz. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; + -metry. ] Same as Conchometry. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Conchylaceous. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Proto- + conch. ] (Zool.) The embryonic shell, or first chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Arch.) A squinch. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL. See Solen, and Conch. ] (Zool.) Same as Scaphopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]