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conchiferous, a.|kɒŋˈkɪfərəs|
[f. as prec. + -ous.]
1. Producing a shell, shell-bearing; sometimes spec. belonging to the Conchifera; bivalve.
1833Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 230 [Cypris] moults its integuments annually, which the conchiferous molluscs do not. 1839Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 380/2 In all the conchiferous Gasteropods. 1853Lytton My Novel ii. ii, Periwinkles, Blackamoor's teeth..and other specimens of the conchiferous ingenuity of Nature.
2. Geol. Characterized by the presence of shells.
1830Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 130 When our oldest conchiferous rocks were produced. 1853Phillips Rivers Yorksh. iv. 136 This is also a shelly series, and is 20 feet thick..The strata of these richly conchiferous beds. |