conchology

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The study of molluscs and their shells. uncountable,usually
    — "Thank goodness, I am not a child," said Lady Mandeville, turning over a collection of those juvenile tomes, which are to make the rising generation so much wiser than their grandfathers or grandmothers—catechisms of conchology, geology, mathematical questions for infants, geography, astronomy; "the child may be 'father to the man;' but the said father must have had some trouble with his offspring."
  2. The hobby of shell collecting. uncountable,usually

词形变化

conchologies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
conchological conchologist conchologize
相关词
malacology

词源

From conch or Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē) + -ology.
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