conchiferous

[ kong-kif-er-uhs ]

adjective

1. having a shell.

conchiferous

/ kɒŋˈkɪfərəs /

adjective

1. (esp of molluscs) having or producing a shell
2. (of rocks) containing shells

Word History and Origins

Origin of conchiferous¹

First recorded in 1820–30; conch + -i- + -ferous

Example Sentences

The animal resides within two small valves, not unlike those of a bivalve shell, and moults its integuments annually, which the conchiferous mollusks do not.

From Project Gutenberg

The absence of any deposits of importance containing recent shells in Chili, or anywhere on the western coast of South America, naturally led Mr. Darwin to the conclusion that "where the bed of the sea is either stationary or rising, circumstances are far less favorable than where the level is sinking to the accumulation of conchiferous strata of sufficient thickness and extension to resist the average vast amount of denudation."

From Project Gutenberg

Associated words: conchology, conchologist, malacology, testaceous, cockled, mollusk, conchiferous, conchiform conchometer, conchometry, crustacean, exuvial, exuviate, exuviation, Loricata, bivalve, multivalve, univalve. shell, n. framework; bomb, torpedo, shrapnel, grenade. shell, v. hull, shuck, shale, enucleate; bombard, besiege. shellfish, n. pl.

From Project Gutenberg

Farther on, trachyte and banks of conchiferous sand predominate.

From Project Gutenberg

Amidst the first strata I suffered the watery action to expend itself upon cooling, crystallized masses; and by the time I had got him into the tertiary period, amongst the transition chalks of Maestricht and the conchiferous marls of Gosau, he was ready for a new wife.

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