单词 | conchology |
释义 | conchology|kɒŋˈkɒlədʒɪ| [mod. f. Gr. κογχο- comb. form of κόγχη shell: see -logy.] The science or study of shells and shell-fish. This term, which came into use when the mollusca were studied almost exclusively in reference to their shells, is now left chiefly to collectors of the latter.
1776Da Costa Conchol. 2 This peculiar branch of the History of Nature I shall call Conchology. 1851Richardson Geol. iv. 66 An extensive and well-founded acquaintance with conchology. 1862Athenæum 30 Aug. 280 Familiar with..fossil conchology. 1878Smiles Robt. Dick v. 41 His walks..awakened in him a taste for conchology. |

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