NOUN | act | conchology, shell collecting | the collection and study of mollusc shells |
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Meaning | The collection and study of mollusc shells. | |
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Synonym | shell collecting | |
Broader | collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation | The act of gathering something together |
malacology | The branch of zoology that studies the structure and behavior of mollusks | |
Spanish | conquiliología | |
Catalan | conchology, conquiliologia | |
Nouns | conchologist | a collector and student of mollusc shells |
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