Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Shell-shaped; especially, shaped like one valve of a bivalve shell; specifically, in entomology, semicircular and concavo-convex, as the tegulæ or wing-covers in most Hymenoptera. Also
conchate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Shaped like one half of a bivalve shell; shell-shaped.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Shaped like a
conch .
Etymologies
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Latin: conch + -form
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