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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 shellsplay

  Familiarity information: CONCHOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CONCHOLOGIST (noun)


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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