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Type genus of the family Strombidae
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strombus
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Strombus is a genus of medium to large sea snails , marine gastropod molluscs in the family Strombidae , which comprises the true conchs and their immediate relatives. The genus Strombus was named by Swedish Naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. There were ...
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n. (context zoology English) Any of the genus ''Strombus'' of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 .