Conchology

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Conchology \Con*chol"o*gy\, n. [Conch + -logy.] (Zool.)
     The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form;
     malacology.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  conchology
       n : the collection and study of mollusc shells [syn: {shell
           collecting}]