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See also:CONCH (See also:Lat, concha, Gr. rdyxn) , a See also:shell, particularly one of a mollusc; hence the See also:term " conchology," the See also:science which deals with such shells, more used formerly when molluscs were studied and classified according to the shell formation; the word is chiefly now used for the collection of shells (see See also:MOLLUSCA, and such articles as See also:GASTROPODA, See also:MALACOSTRACA, &c.) . Large See also:spiral conchs have been from See also:early times used as a See also:form of See also:trumpet, emitting a very loud See also:sound . They are used in the See also:West Indies and the See also:South See also:Sea Islands . The Tritons of See also:ancient See also:mythology are represented as blowing such " wreathed horns." In See also:anatomy, the term concha or " See also:conch " is used of the See also:external See also:ear, or of the hollowed central See also:part leading to the meatus; and, in See also:architecture, it is sometimes given to the See also:half See also:dome over the semicircular See also:apse of the See also:basilica . In See also:late See also:Roman See also:work at See also:Baalbek and See also:Palmyra and in See also:Renaissance buildings shells are frequently carved in the heads of circular niches . A See also:low class of the See also:negro or other inhabitants of the See also:Bahamas and the See also:Florida Keys are sometimes called " Conches " or " Conks " from the shell-See also:fish which form their See also:staple See also:food . |
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