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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONCHIFERA

Con *chif "e *ra, n, pl. Etym: [NL. , fr. L. concha + ferre to bear. ](Zoöl.)

 

Defn: That class of Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells; the Lamellibranchiata. See Mollusca.