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SHELL COLLECTING

Pronunciation (US):

• SHELL COLLECTING (noun)
The noun SHELL COLLECTING has 1 sense:

1. the collection and study of mollusc shells

Familiarity information: SHELL COLLECTING used as a noun is very rare.

• SHELL COLLECTING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The collection and study of mollusc shells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

conchology; shell collecting

Hypernyms ("shell collecting" 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)

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