shell collecting

1. 1.

   the collection and study of mollusc shells

   Synonymsconchology

   Broadercollectionmalacology

Questions about shell collecting

What does shell collecting mean?

shell collecting means "the collection and study of mollusc shells".

What is another word for shell collecting?

Close synonyms include conchology. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shell collecting a common word?

shell collecting is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.