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SHELL COLLECTING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shell collecting mean?
• SHELL COLLECTING (noun)
The noun SHELL COLLECTING has 1 sense:
1. the collection and study of mollusc shells
Familiarity information: SHELL COLLECTING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The collection and study of mollusc shells
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
conchology; shell collecting
Hypernyms ("shell collecting" is a kind of...):
aggregation; assembling; collecting; collection (the act of gathering something together)
malacology (the branch of zoology that studies the structure and behavior of mollusks)
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