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CONCHOLOGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The collection and study of mollusc shells
Synonyms:
conchology; shell collecting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("conchology" is a kind of...):
aggregation; assembling; collecting; collection (the act of gathering something together)
malacology (the branch of zoology that studies the structure and behavior of mollusks)
Derivation:
conchologist (a collector and student of mollusc shells)
