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• CONCH (Lat, concha, Gr. rdyxn)

CONCH (See also:

• LAT

Lat, concha, Gr. rdyxn)  , a See also:

• SHELL
• SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)

shell, particularly one of a mollusc; hence the See also:

• TERM

term " conchology," the See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

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

MOLLUSCA, and such articles as See also:

• GASTROPODA

GASTROPODA, See also:

• MALACOSTRACA

MALACOSTRACA, &c.) . Large See also:

• SPIRAL

spiral conchs have been from See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early times used as a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• TRUMPET (Fr. trompette, clairon; Ger. ,Trompete, Klarino, Trummet; Ital. tromba, trombetta, clarino)
• TRUMPET, SPEAKING AND HEARING

trumpet, emitting a very loud See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound . They are used in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies and the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea Islands . The Tritons of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology are represented as blowing such " wreathed horns." In See also:

• ANATOMY
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

anatomy, the term concha or " See also:

• CONCH (Lat, concha, Gr. rdyxn)

conch " is used of the See also:

• EXTERNAL

external See also:

• EAR (common Teut.; O.E. are, Ger. Ohr, Du. oor, akin to Lat. auris, Gr. ovs)

ear, or of the hollowed central See also:

• PART

part leading to the meatus; and, in See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, it is sometimes given to the See also:

• HALF

half See also:

• DOME (Lat domus, house; Ital. duomo, cathedral)

dome over the semicircular See also:

• APSE
• APSE (Gr. alkir, a fastening, especially the felloe of a wheel; Lat. absis)

apse of the See also:

• BASILICA

basilica . In See also:

• LATE

late See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• WORK

work at See also:

• BAALBEK
• BAALBEK (anc. Heliopolis)

Baalbek and See also:

• PALMYRA

Palmyra and in See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance buildings shells are frequently carved in the heads of circular niches . A See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low class of the See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro or other inhabitants of the See also:

• BAHAMAS (Lucayos)

Bahamas and the See also:

• FLORIDA

Florida Keys are sometimes called " Conches " or " Conks " from the shell-See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish which form their See also:

• STAPLE

staple See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food .