Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Strombus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Strombus \Strom"bus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer
lip dilated into a broad wing. It includes many large and
handsome species commonly called {conch shells}, or {conchs}.
See {Conch}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Strombus
n : type genus of the family Strombidae [syn: {Strombus}, {genus
Strombus}]
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