The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trochus \Tro"chus\, n.; pl. Trochi. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a wheel.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells belonging to Trochus and many allied genera of the family Trochid[ae]. Some of the species are called also topshells.
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n. (plural of trochus English)
Usage examples of "trochi".
The museum comprehended an infinite number of medals, coins, urns, utensils, seals, cameos, intaglios, precious stones, vessels of agate and jasper, crystals, spars, fossils, metals, minerals, ore, earths, sands, salts, bitumens, sulphurs, ambergrise, talcs, mirre, testacea, corals, sponges, echini, echenites, asteri, trochi, crustatia, stellae marine, fishes, birds, eggs and nests, vipers, serpents, quadrupeds, insects, human calculi, anatomical preparations, seeds, gums, roots, dried plants, pictures, drawings, and mathematical instruments.
Tromo Trochi of Dhomu as trade agent, and one of the foremen to represent the workers .
I am amazed to find that the stairway is an escalator, although Tromo Trochi of Dhomu whispers that it is often left unactivated to allow the faithful a final exertion before being allowed into the upper reaches of the palace.
I said to Aenea when she offered the Tromo Trochi of Dhomu and me her hands.