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Webster 1913 Edition


Conchiferous

Con-chif′er-ous

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Adj.
Producing or having shells.

Webster 1828 Edition


Conchiferous

CONCHIFEROUS

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Adj.
[L. Concha, shell, and fero, to bear.] Producing or having shells.

Definition 2024


conchiferous

conchiferous

English

Adjective

conchiferous (comparative more conchiferous, superlative most conchiferous)

  1. (biology) Having a shell (used especially of bivalve molluscs)
  2. (geology) Containing shells