SHELL COLLECTING

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The collection and study of mollusc shells

Synonyms:

conchology; shell collecting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("shell collecting" 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)

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