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Conchologist   Listen
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Conchologist  n.  (Zool.) One who studies, or is versed in, conchology.





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"Conchologist" Quotes from Famous Books



... found no boat; and nearly half an hour passed before one arrived to take us on board. In the interim, I strolled along the shore, picking up the small shells, which the waves had thrown in abundance upon the sand. In the eye of a conchologist, they would have been of little value, as all of them were common, and none possessed more than a single valve. But the purple blush of the interior pleased me; and what is more, I was gathering these trifles for a lady whom I have never seen, yet ...
— Journal of an African Cruiser • Horatio Bridge
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... of Lamarck having placed in the genus Venus this shell, which a modern conchologist has considered as a variety of Venerupis perforans, shows the very great affinity that exists between ...
— Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2] • Phillip Parker King
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Words linked to "Conchologist" :   collector, conchology


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