The name probably is from the Spanish word "concha," a shell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert] Reference

PF, when you come down off Cloud #9 and drop by the thread, will you summarize the "concha" bit?.    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: TRANSLATING CURSES.] Reference

PF, if you're reading this - look in the book I gave you @ entry on the city of Santiago-di-Compostelasp? and "concha", quite amusing.    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: TRANSLATING CURSES.] Reference

She hangs out in the 'concha' where the guys all hang after work, shoots hoops, drinks beer and seems to deal with the BS and teasing thrown around.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gay life in Mexico] Reference

La concha beach is rounded like its name ( "concha" means shell).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rebel Yell] Reference

B, cavity of the concha, showing the orifices of a great number of sebaceous glands.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Practical Physiology] Reference

It. conca, Pr. conca, concha, Sp. and Pg. concha, F. conque 16th c., formerly also conche.    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: DRASTY CONCHES.] Reference

No other girls/women will go to that part of the concha in the evenings, the men there are too rude.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gay life in Mexico] Reference

Traces of red paint were found on the central concha, consisting of three stepped bands called fasciae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Anastylosis Projects - Antonine Nymphaeum Report 1] Reference

He had a languid way of moving, wore a black hat with a shiny silver concha, and rode like he was part of his horse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Half Broke Horses] Reference

As for his eyes, she had come to the concha sion that their image had, somehow, impinged on her brain, like sunspots.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Lady of Expectations]

The concha and = Meatus =, or canal, comprise the external ear, which is separated from the middle ear by the = Drum Membrane =.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference

He could show the litui with their carved clarions -- the twisted cornua -- the tuba, a trumpet so long and taper, -- the concha wound by.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Love Story] Reference

Waves of sound reach the ear, and are directed by the concha to the external passage, at the end of which they reach the tympanic membrane.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Practical Physiology] Reference

SIBOUGESENI SHABALALA, LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO: The message that Mambazo is spreading is the concha (ph) -- to love another, to encourage other people to be true to their self.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 10, 2004] Reference

"Wada'á" = the concha veneris, then used as small change.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arabian nights. English] Reference

Lateral wall of right nasal cavity showing inferior concha in situ.    From Wordnik.com.  [Illustrations. Fig. 170] Reference

According to Cleland, each sphenoidal concha is ossified from four centers.    From Wordnik.com.  [II. Osteology. 5a. 5. The Sphenoid Bone] Reference

They are inserted into the lower part of the cranial surface of the concha.    From Wordnik.com.  [X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 1. The External Ear] Reference

When we lived in Santa Fe I worked the whole concha-belt velvet-blouse thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Perfume Posse] Reference

A typical example of this tradition was the concha-mosaic of old St. Peter's at Rome.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference

—The inferior nasal concha articulates with four bones: the ethmoid, maxilla, lacrimal, and palatine.    From Wordnik.com.  [II. Osteology. 5b. 6. The Inferior Nasal Concha] Reference

More anteriorly is an oblique ridge, the conchal crest, for articulation with the inferior nasal concha.    From Wordnik.com.  [II. Osteology. 5b. 2. The Maxillæ (Upper Jaw)] Reference

The lateral surface of the middle concha is concave, and assists in forming the middle meatus of the nose.    From Wordnik.com.  [II. Osteology. 5a. 6. Ethmoid bone] Reference

But the concha is now motionless and almost useless, except for its beauty; and it is very troublesome to wash.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Handbook of Health] Reference

Shows the middle (middle nasal concha) and lower (inferior nasal concha) nasal cavities which help drain tears from the eye.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

The rider, still whistling his Texas tune, swung in the concha-decorated California stock saddle as if he were a part of his horse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kid Wolf of Texas] Reference