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<p><b>3.</b> <def>One of the white natives of the Bahama Islands or one of their descendants in the Florida Keys; -- so called from the commonness of the conch there, or because they use it for food.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>See <er>Concha</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The external ear. See <er>Concha</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 2.</def>

<h1>Concha</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con"cha</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. (in sense 1), fr. <?/ <ets>concha</ets>. See <er>Conch</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The plain semidome of an apse; sometimes used for the entire apse.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The external ear; esp. the largest and deepest concavity of the external ear, surrounding the entrance to the auditory canal.</def>

<h1>Conchal</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con"chal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the concha, or external ear; <as>as, the <ex>conchal</ex> cartilage</as>.</def>

<h1>Conchifer</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con"chi*fer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>conchof\'8are</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Conchifera.</def>

<h1>Conchifera</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con*chif"e*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n</tt>, <plu>pl.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>concha</ets> + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>That class of Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells; the Lamellibranchiata. See <er>Mollusca</er>.</def>

<h1>Conchiferous</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con*chif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Producing or having shells.</def>

<h1>Conchiform</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con"chi*form</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Conch</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Shaped like one half of a bivalve shell; shell-shaped.</def>

<h1>Conchinine</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con"chi*nine</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Formed by transposition fr. <ets>cinchonine</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Quinidine</er>.</def>

<h1>Conchite</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con"chite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>conchite</ets>. See <er>Conch</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A fossil or petrified conch or shell.</def>

<h1>Conchitic</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con*chit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Composed of shells; containing many shells.</def>

<h1>Conchoid</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con"choid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ shell + <?/ form: cf. F. <ets>concho\'8bde</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A curve, of the fourth degree, first made use of by the Greek geometer, Nicomedes, who invented it for the purpose of trisecting an angle and duplicating the cube.</def>

<h1>Conchoidal</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con*choid"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>concho\'8bdal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Having elevations or depressions in form like one half of a bivalve shell; -- applied principally to a surface produced by fracture.</def>

<h1>Conchological</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con`cho*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or connected with, conchology.</def>