Word of the Day:
conchology
What It Means
The study of molluscs and their shells.
The hobby of shell collecting.
Conchology in Context
“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...”
Did You Know?
From conch or Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē) + -ology.
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