strombus

noun

strom·​bus

ˈsträmbəs

1

capitalized : a genus of marine gastropod mollusks (family Strombidae) having a heavy obconical shell with a short conical spire and usually a much expanded outer lip, a horny operculum, a narrow foot, long snout, and long eye peduncles see king conch

2

plural -es : any mollusk of the genus Strombus

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, a kind of spiral snail, from Greek strombos a snail

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