Conchology

//kɒŋˈkɒləd͡ʒi//

Synonyms for "conchology" (11 found)

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Closest matches (3)

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Related words (5)

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Translations

13 translations across 12 languages.

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Breton

1 entries
  • kreginoniezh noun (study of molluscs)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 貝殼學 /贝壳学 noun (study of molluscs)

Finnish

2 entries
  • nilviäistutkimus noun (study of molluscs)
  • simpukankuorien keräily noun (shell collecting)

French

1 entries
  • conchyliologie noun (study of molluscs)

Galician

1 entries
  • conquilioloxía noun (study of molluscs)

German

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  • Conchologie noun (study of molluscs)

Italian

1 entries
  • concologia noun (study of molluscs)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 貝類学 noun (study of molluscs)

Korean

1 entries
  • 패류학 noun (study of molluscs)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • conquiliologia noun (study of molluscs)

Spanish

1 entries
  • conquiliología noun (study of molluscs)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • dalubkabibihan noun (study of molluscs)

Sample sentences

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"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."

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The least dreadful among the essays stacked and waiting to be corrected would be that of young Master Jefferson Davis, who when imprisoned by Andrew Johnson in 1866 will ask his physician at Fortress Monroe to procure a few volumes of "conchology, geology, or botany," he desiring to commune with the interests of more innocent days.

Source: wiktionary

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