ˈchaŋk
variants
or less commonly chank shell
plural -s
: any of a family (Xancidae) of tropical heavy-shelled pear-shaped gastropod mollusks
especially
: a species of the Indian Ocean (Turbinella pyrum synonym Xancus pyrum) commonly appearing in Hindu religious pictures and writings
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