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conchology

[ UK /kənkˈɒləd‍ʒi/ ]
NOUN
  1. the collection and study of mollusc shells

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  • British conchology, or An account of the mollusca which now inhabit the British Isles and the surrounding seas. Not so modern conchology, but fully digitized nevertheless
  • Author of dozens of books on conchology, Senior Advisor, Founding Director, and finally Museum Director of the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, Abbott brought the world of conchology to the public.
  • In the end, the natural-history collection earned the approval of some of America’s top scientists, including Silliman, who praised Wood’s thoroughness: “Mr. Wood was indefatigable for many months in completing the herpetology of China; the conchology is fully represented,” and there are “some remarkably fine carbonates of copper, both nodular and radiated.” The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876
  • We have dedicated it to the founder of the section Ameria, a gentleman well known for his deep researches in conchology. The Journals of John McDouall Stuart
  • Yet, be assured, reader, that all the 'ologies' hitherto christened oology, ichthyology, ornithology, conchology, palaeodontology, &c., do not furnish such mines of labor as does the Greek language when thoroughly searched. Note Book of an English Opium-Eater
  • Conchology and Malacology are the study of the Mollusca.
  • Hopefully, some of the other long-running malacological publications, including the Journal of Conchology, the Proceedings of the Malacological Society, etc., will follow suit and make their old issues open access. Archive 2008-12-01
  • General conchology; or, A description of shells, arranged according to the Linnean system. Not so modern conchology, but fully digitized nevertheless
  • The beginnings of shell collecting and its scientific study, conchology, are not very far removed from that beach-combing experience: a beautiful object washed up on a beach was taken and admired.
  • By the time he died in 1834 he was considered the founder of the study of mollusks in North America (the term "malacology" didn't replace "conchology" until much later, when scientists started to pay at least as much attention to the insides of mollusks as to the more durable shells). Zach Klein Universal Feed
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