Dictionary entry

Conchylaceous

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Con′chy‐la″ceous (?), Con‐chyl′i‐a″ceous (?) }, a. [L. conchylium shell, Gr. �, dim. of �, equiv. to �. See Conch.] Of or pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; as, conchyliaceous impressions. Kirwan.