concho-, conch-, conchi- +

A small edible European marine bivalve mollusk of the family Cardiidae: cochles were the favorite kinds of shells that Jill like to collect on the seashore because they were heart-shaped.

1. A spiral univalve shell: In her biology book, Mary read that a cochlea applied to a a snail-shell.
2. The spiral cavity of the internal ear in higher vertebrates: In his biology class at school, Jeff learned about the cochlea that contained the organ of Corti n which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.

Regarding something spiral-shaped: In the garden, little Suzi looked at the cochleary shell of the snail while it crept through the wet grass.

Pertaining to something shaped like a spiral shell; twisted, spiral: The screw that Tom used had a cochleate form which was good for using to combine the pieces of wood.

Descriptive of something formed like a snail-shell: Such cochleiform objects can be some microscopic structures, seeds or certain plant leaves.

Spiral, screw-like; cochleate; turbinated: The greater kudu is an antelope with cochleous horns that are long and twisted and can reach a length of 72 inches!

Pertaining to fruits that are spirally twisted: The twisted stalk of the Streptopus amplexifolius is a plant that has very characteristic and unique twisted fruit.

A fossil spiral shell: In the museum, Sally viewed a cochlite with a mouth similar to that of a snail.

The common name for any of several species of gastropod molllusks in the family Strombidae, having large colorful shells: The shells of the conches are used to make cameos and porcelain.

1. A shell of the bivalve mollusk: The concha is thin and translucent, and is used occasionally for window-panes in the East Indies.
2. In medical-anatomical nomenclature, a physical structure or part that resembles a sea shell in shape: The external ear, that resembles a shell in form, is known as a concha, and is also called conch<.
3. In architecture, the half dome over an apse: The stage area in the park had a concha covering half of the stage where the musicians were seated in an orchestra.

A collector of shellcrafts (objects made from sea shells): Stella's mother had a very unique hobby of collecting beautiful items made of seashells, like mirrors, shell jewellery, and figurines, and, as a conchadophilist, she had a huge accumulation of gorgeous objects in her home.

Relating to something that has a longisectional shape, resembling half of a bivalve shell; conchate: Tom found exactly the perfect conchate cap in blue and found out later in his biology class that the fruiting body of a fungus had also a conchate form.

1. Relating to a life form that produces, has, or carries a shell: In his biology class at school, Alfred learned about conchiferous shellfish , especially the bivalve mollusks.
2. Referring to rocks containing shells: In the museum, Sandy viewed some conchiferous rocks with perfectly conserved fossilized shells.

A reference to animals that can break shells so they can eat the shellfish that are in them: It was interesting to learn that crabs, otters, and different kinds of fish are conchifragous, along with whelks and oyster drills, that access the meat inside.

A nitrogenous substance that is the organic basis of many molluskan shells: A group of proteins, polysaccharide, and calcium carbonate combined together to create the shells of mollusks.