‖ conˈchylia, n. pl.
[L. pl. of conchylium shell-fish, oyster, a. Gr. κογχύλιον, dim. of κογχύλη = κόγχη: see conch.]
Shell-fish, conchifera. Hence conchyliˈaceous a., of the nature of molluscous shells, shelly (Worcester, 1846). conˈchyliated a., embodied in or derived from shells. conchyˈliferous a., conchiferous. conchyliˈologist, -ˈology [F. conchyliologiste, -ologie] = conchologist, -ology. conchyliˈometer, -ˈometry = conchometer, -ometry. conchylioˈmorphite, the fossil cast or impression of a shell. conˈchylious a., of or belonging to the conchylia (Smart, 1849).
| a 1619 M. Fotherby Atheom. ii. i. §4 (1622) 177 Oysters, and Muscles, and such other like conchylia. 1867 M. S. Lovell Edible Molluscs 132 Violet..being the most vivid of all the conchyliated tints. 1811 J. Parkinson Organic Rem. III. 49 All other cephalous conchyliferus molluscæ. 1834 Griffith, etc. tr. Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. XII. 291 The octopi also feed on conchyliferous mollusca. 1771 Phil. Trans. LXI. 230 One has hitherto escaped the researches of conchiliologists. 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Admiral, in conchyliology, the name given..to a very beautiful..shell. 1781 Mrs. Delany Corr. Ser. ii. III. 4 On being initiated into the science of conchyliology. 1877 Blackie's Pop. Encycl. II. 485/2 Conchology, or more correctly Conchyliology, no longer holds the place it formerly occupied in science. 1843 Year-bk. Facts 133 On Conchyliometry. |