Definition of Conchologists

1. Noun. (plural of conchologist) ¹

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Definition of Conchologists

1. conchologist [n] - See also: conchologist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conchologists

conching
conchinine
conchiolin
conchite
conchites
conchitic
concho
conchoid
conchoidal
conchoidal bodies
conchoidally
conchoids
conchological
conchologies
conchologist
conchologists (current term)
conchology
conchometry
conchos
conchospiral
conchospirals
conchs
conchy
conchyliometry
conchæ
conciator
concientious
concierge
concierges
concieve

Literary usage of Conchologists

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A System of Geology: With a Theory of the Earth, and an Explanation of Its by John Macculloch (1831)
"Let shells be used as aids, as far as they can : but if strata are to be determined by shells alone, it will be the land of shells and conchologists that ..."

2. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"Such amalgamation will doubtless not be admitted by many conchologists ; but the examination and careful comparison of an immense number of specimens from ..."

3. An Introduction to Geology: Intended to Convey a Practical Knowledge of the by Robert Bakewell, Benjamin Silliman (1839)
"These variations, I have stated, are much greater in some instances, than the difference of form in shells, supposed by many conchologists to belong to ..."

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