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Meaning of STROMBUS

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  type genus of the family Strombidae
 
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 Synonyms: genus Strombus
 
 See Also: conch, family Strombidae, mollusk genus, Strombidae

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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}.
 

 

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