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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONCHYLACEOUS

a.[from conch. ] Pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; as conchylaceous impressions.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONCHYLACEOUS; CONCHYLIACEOUS

Con `chy *la "ceous, Con *chyl `i *a "ceous, a. Etym: [L. conchylium shell, Gr. Conch. ]

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; as, conchyliaceous impressions. Kirwan.