v. colloq. [f. CONCHOLOGY + -IZE: cf. botanize.] intr. To study or prosecute conchology; to collect shells.
1850. Mason, Burmah, 220. The Burmese have named it the ‘fisher monkey,’ and when the tide is out, a whole troop is often seen issuing from the jungle to conchologize.
1855. Kingsley, Glaucus. If you are conchologizing in earnest.
1861. Recreative Science, II. 215/2. She has a little basket for shells, but it is manifest she only intends to conchologize in a lady-like manner.
