CONCHOLOGY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The collection and study of mollusc shells

Synonyms:

conchology; shell collecting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("conchology" is a kind of...):

aggregation; assembling; collecting; collection (the act of gathering something together)

malacology (the branch of zoology that studies the structure and behavior of mollusks)

Derivation:

conchologist (a collector and student of mollusc shells)