英语词汇“conchoids”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

conchoids

释义

conch /kongk or konch or konsh/

noun (pl conchs /kongks/ or conches /konˈchiz/)

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

ORIGIN: L concha, from Gr konchē a cockle or mussel; connected with chank, and cockle¹

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

The semi-dome of an apse (architecture)
The apse itself
The outer ear, or its cavity
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

Having a shell
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

Relating to a conchoid
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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