CONCHS

Meaning of CONCHS in English

plural of conch

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

WHELK — Any marine snail of the family Buccinidae, or a snail having a similar shell; found worldwide. Some whelks are called …
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GASTROPOD — Any member of the class Gastropoda, the largest group of Gastropods, which include the snails , conchs , whelks , …
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CONCH — Marine snail whose shell has a broadly triangular outer whorl and a wide lip, often jutting toward the uppermost point. …
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WIND — I. ˈwind, chiefly poetic ˈwīnd noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English wind, winde, from Old English …
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STROMBIDAE — -mbəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Strombus, type genus + -idae : a family of large marine …
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QUEEN CONCH — noun : a large yellowish conch ( Cassis madagascarensis ) with brown markings that is much used in cameo making …
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LAMBIS — ˈlambə̇s noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin : a genus of conchs (family Strombidae) comprising the scorpion shells of shallow …
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KING CONCH — noun : a large conch ( Strombus gigas ) with a pink outer shell often used in cameo cutting ; …
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CONCH — ˈkäŋk, ˈkänch also ˈkȯŋk — -ŋk is usual near waters where the conch occurs and hence in sense 3 noun …
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UNIVALVE — (n.) A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the …
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STROMBUS — (n.) A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing. It …
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DIOECIA — (n. pl.) A subclass of gastropod mollusks in which the sexes are separate. It includes most of the large marine …
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CONCH — (n.) A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus Strombus, which are of large …
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UNIVALVE — ( n. ) A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, …
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STROMBUS — ( n. ) A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad …
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DIOECIA — ( n. pl. ) A subclass of gastropod mollusks in which the sexes are separate. It includes most of the …
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CONCH — ( n. ) A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus Strombus, which are …
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CONCH — — conchate /kong"kayt, kon"chayt/ , conched , adj. /kongk, konch/ , n. , pl. conchs /kongks/ , conches /kon"chiz/ . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CONCH — noun ( plural conchs ˈkäŋks, ˈkȯŋks ; or conches ˈkän-chəz) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin concha mussel, mussel shell, from …
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UNIVALVE — adj ·alt. of univalved. 2. univalve ·noun a shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed …
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STROMBUS — noun a genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing. it …
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DIOECIA — noun ·pl a linnaean class of plants having the stamens and pistils on different plants. 2. dioecia ·noun ·pl a …
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CONCH — noun ·see concha, ·noun. 2. conch ·noun the external ear. ·see concha, ·noun, 2. 3. conch ·noun in works of …
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CONCH — [conch] n, pl conchs or conches [ME, fr. L concha mussel, mussel shell, fr. Gk konche; akin to Skt sankha …
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WHELK — Northern whelk (Buccinum undatum) any marine snail of the family Buccinidae (subclass Prosobranchia of the class Gastropoda), or a snail …
Britannica English vocabulary
CONCH — marine snail of the subclass Prosobranchia (class Gastropoda), in which the outer whorl of the shell is broadly triangular in …
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CARDINAL FISH — any fish of the family Apogonidae (order Perciformes), a group including about 200 species of small, typically nocturnal fishes found …
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CONCH — conch BrE AmE kɒŋk kɒn t ʃ AmE kɑːŋk kɑːn t ʃ, kɔːŋk ▷ conches ˈkɒn t ʃ ɪz -əz …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CONCH — n. (pl. conchs or conches) 1 a a thick heavy spiral shell, occasionally bearing long projections, of various marine gastropod …
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CONCH — n. Marine snail whose shell has a broadly triangular outer whorl and a wide lip, often jutting toward the uppermost …
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