conch /kongk or konch or konsh/

1. The name for various marine molluscs and their shells
2. Such a shell used as a trumpet
3. A poor white inhabitant of the Florida Keys, esp if of Bahamian origin (from their feeding on conchs)
4. A concha
5. A shell-like device for kneading and mixing chocolate during manufacture

conchˈa /kongˈkə/ noun (pl conchae /kongˈkē or -chē/)

1. The semi-dome of an apse (architecture)
2. The apse itself
3. The outer ear, or its cavity
4. A small cigar tapered at each end

conchˈal adjective

conchˈate or conchˈiform adjective

Shaped like a shell, esp one valve of a bivalve shell

conche /kongk or konch/ transitive verb

To knead and mix (chocolate) during manufacture

conchifˈerous adjective

1. Having a shell
2. Shell-like or with many shells

conchiolin /kon-kīˈə-lin/ noun

A fibrous protein substance that forms the basic structure of the shell of molluscs

conchīˈtis noun

Inflammation of the concha

conchˈoid noun (geometry)

A plane curve, (x²+y²)(x−a)²=1²x², the locus of a point making with a fixed straight line a constant intercept on the ray of a pencil through a fixed point

conchoidˈal adjective

1. Relating to a conchoid
2. Shell-like, applied to a fracture like that seen in glass (mineralogy)

conchologˈical adjective

concholˈogist noun

concholˈogy noun

The study of molluscs and their shells

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