noun. Any of various structures, such as the external ear, that resemble a shell in shape.

noun. The half dome over an apse.

noun. Same as conch, 10.

noun. The thin, translucent shell of a bivalve mollusk, sometimes used for window-panes in the East Indies.

noun. In anatomy and zoology: The outer ear; the pinna of the ear; the auricle; especially, the shell of the ear, the hollowed part within the antihelix, leading into the meatus. See cut under car.

noun. A shell of bone, or a bone like a shell; a turbinated bone.

noun. Same as couch, 6.

noun. [ML., ⟩ OF. conque.] An old dry measure of Gascony and Navarre, about 5 pecks, Winchester measure.

noun. The plain semidome of an apse; sometimes used for the entire apse.

noun. The external ear; esp. the largest and deepest concavity of the external ear, surrounding the entrance to the auditory canal.

noun. Any shell-shaped structure.

noun. The deepest indentation of the cartilage of the human ear, attaching to the mastoid bone.

noun. An apse, or the plain semidome of an apse.

noun. (anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape

"The name probably is from the Spanish word "concha," a shell."

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auricle  conclu  conver  deci  diddy  

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