conchologist

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who studies or collects mollusc shells, especially for scientific classification

   The conchologist compared the shell's ridges with specimens from neighboring islands.

Formed from conchology + -ist. Conchology combines Greek konkhe, 'shell,' with -logia, 'study.' It was once a major branch of natural history; modern zoology places the study of shells within malacology, the broader study of molluscs.

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