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He was the first serious arachnologist and conchologist in Britain, and an expert on viticulture.

From Nature • Oct. 8, 2018

Thus a cast such as a, Figure 51, commonly called a fossil screw, would never be suspected by an inexperienced conchologist to be the internal shape of the fossil univalve, b, Figure 51.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

Do you know any good conchologist in Northampton who could name it?

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

Of all places in the Philippines Cebú will please the conchologist.

From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John

I went on board the boat and was also introduced to Mr. Say, the entomologist and conchologist, Mr. Jessup the geologist, and other gentlemen composing the scientific corps.

From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe