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Conchology

//kɒŋˈkɒləd͡ʒi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The study of molluscs and their shells. uncountable, usually

    ""Thank goodness, I am not a child," said Lady Mandeville, turning over a collection of those juvenile tomes, which are to make the rising generation so much wiser than their grandfathers or grandmothers—catechisms of conchology, geology, mathematical questions for infants, geography, astronomy; "the child may be 'father to the man;' but the said father must have had some trouble with his offspring.""

  2. 2
    the collection and study of mollusc shells wordnet
  3. 3
    The hobby of shell collecting. uncountable, usually

Etymology

From conch or Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē) + -ology.

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