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shell collecting

NOUN
  1. the collection and study of mollusc shells

How To Use shell collecting In A Sentence

  • Living near the seashore may lead to an interest in shells and shell collecting.
  • And I also learned there is more to shell collecting than picking up a few for the condo coffee table.
  • The beginnings of shell collecting and its scientific study, conchology, are not very far removed from that beach-combing experience: a beautiful object washed up on a beach was taken and admired.
  • She kept tropical fish but also liked a little tawny owl that lived in her garden and would take her grandchildren for forest walks and shell collecting. Times, Sunday Times
  • interests are in all things molluscan, ie: shell collecting (recent and fossil), conchology and malacology (study of shells and shellfish), and molluscan ecology and conservation.
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