Obs. [ad. Gr. κογχίτης (λίθος) shelly stone, a shelly marble: see -ITE.] A stone resembling a shell, a fossil shell.
1677. Plot, Oxfordsh., 100. The Conchites or Cockle-stones found in this County.
1693. Bp. Nicolson, Lett. to Mr. Lhwyd (T.). We have a hard gray limestone or marble, which is full of conchites.
1758. Borlase, Nat. Hist. Cornw., 279. Fossil shells such as pectunculi, conchites.
