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CONCHOLOGIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does conchologist mean?
• CONCHOLOGIST (noun)
The noun CONCHOLOGIST has 1 sense:
1. a collector and student of mollusc shells
Familiarity information: CONCHOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A collector and student of mollusc shells
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("conchologist" is a kind of...):
aggregator; collector (a person who collects things)
Derivation:
conchology (the collection and study of mollusc shells)
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