concho-, conch-, conchi- +
(Greek > Latin: shell, sea shells; shell-like bone or cavity of the body)
cochle
A shell-fish, a mollusc.
cochlea
1. A spiral univalve shell; a snail-shell.
2. A screw; the water-screw of Archimedes.
3. The spiral cavity of the internal ear.
cochlearia
Special gardens in which certain snails are raised; such as, escargots, for human consumption.
cochleary
Resembling a snail-shell, spiral, winding.
cochleate
Formed like a spiral shell; twisted, spiral.
cochleiform
Formed like a snail-shell.
cochleous
Spiral, screw-like.
cochliocarpous
A term applied to fruits that are spirally twisted.
cochlite
A fossil spiral shell.
conch
The common name for any of several species of gastropod molllusks in the family Strombidae, having large colorful shells.
The shell is used to make cameos and porcelain.
concha (s), conchae (pl)
1. A shell.
2. In medical-anatomical nomenclature, a structure or part that resembles a sea shell in shape.
3. Any of various physical structures; such as, the external ear, that resemble a shell in shape. Also called conch.
4. In architecture, the half dome over an apse.
conchadophile, conchadophilist
A collector of shellcrafts (objects made from sea shells).
conchate
Having a longisectional shape, resembling half of a bivalve shell; said especially of a cap or fruiting body of a fungus.
conchiferous
1. Bearing or carrying a shell.
2. Producing or having shells.
conchiform
Shaped like one half of a bivalve shell; shell-shaped; conchate.
A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, indirectly, or partially with: "opening, hole, cavity, tract, tube":
alveolo-;
antro-;
anu-;
celo-;
coelio-;
fenestra-;
hernio-;
hiat-;
meato-;
ora-;
parieto-;
poro-;
pyl-, pyle-;
pylor-;
sphinctero-;
splanchn-;
stomato-;
syringo-;
uretero-;
urethro-;
vagino-;
ventricul-.
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