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Concha

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earnoun	(countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
earsnoun	(countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
conchnoun	A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
cochleanoun	(anatomy) The complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear of higher vertebrates, which contains the organ of Corti and in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.
conchitenoun	(paleontology) A fossilised conch or shell.
helicoconenoun	A conelike spiral tube that is the form of most mollusc shells.
conknoun	The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e. a mushroom growing off a tree trunk.
conenoun	Anything in the general shape of a cone.
conchæ	—
claviclenoun	(anatomy) The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.
conquenoun	Alternative spelling of conch. [A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.]
conchospiralnoun	A kind of spiral curve found in certain univalve shells.
conchometrynoun	The measurement of shells.
casquenoun	A helmet.
orthoceraconenoun	(malacology) A shell which has a straight cone shape.
conchyliologynoun	Dated form of conchology. [The study of molluscs and their shells.]
clam-shellnoun	(obsolete) Alternative form of clamshell. [The shell of a clam.]
conulenoun	(dentistry) A small cusp
coquillenoun	A meal, especially a seafood dish, served in an actual scallop shell or a dish (container) shaped like a shell.
nacellenoun	(aviation) A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house, originally, an engine, and now also cargo or crew.