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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the collection and study of mollusc shells;
[syn: conchology, shell collecting]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Conchology \Con*chol"o*gy\, n. [Conch + -logy.] (Zool.)
   The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form;
   malacology.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

conchology
    n 1: the collection and study of mollusc shells [syn:
         conchology, shell collecting]