"conchology" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɒŋˈkɒləd͡ʒi/ Forms: conchologies [plural]
Etymology: From conch or Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē) + -ology. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|κόγχη}} Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē), {{suffix|en||ology}} + -ology Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} conchology (usually uncountable, plural conchologies)
  1. the study of molluscs and their shells Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Conchology Translations (study of molluscs): kreginoniezh [feminine] (Breton), 貝殼學 (Chinese Mandarin), 贝壳学 (bèikéxué) (Chinese Mandarin), nilviäistutkimus (Finnish), conchyliologie [feminine] (French), conquilioloxía [feminine] (Galician), Conchologie [feminine] (German), concologia [feminine] (Italian), 貝類学 (Japanese), 패류학 (paeryuhak) (Korean), conquiliologia [feminine] (Portuguese), conquiliología [feminine] (Spanish), dalubkabibihan (Tagalog)
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  2. the hobby of shell collecting Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (shell collecting): simpukankuorien keräily (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-conchology-en-noun-SDW9irps Disambiguation of 'shell collecting': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: conchological, conchologist, conchologize Related terms: malacology

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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