Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of Strombidæ, formerly conterminous with the family, now restricted to such species as the West Indian giant stromb, S. gigas; the wing-shells, fountain-shells, or strombs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) 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 , orconchs . Seeconch .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any of the
genus Strombus ofmarine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the family Strombidae
Etymologies
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Examples
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As it grows it shifts to a larger shell, as for instance into the shell of the nerites, or of the strombus or the like, and very often into the shell of the small ceryx.
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The tritons are in fair demand, and many tons of cowries are sent to Europe yearly, while the shipment of a thick-lipped strombus in one year to Liverpool amounted to 300,000.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 Various
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Spices translates three Heb. words: (1) sammum, a generic word including galbanum onycha, the operculum of a strombus, and stacte;
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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A nail; claw; hoof, (Heb. sheheleth; Ex. 30: 34), a Latin word applied to the operculum, i.e., the claw or nail of the strombus or wing-shell, a univalve common in the Red Sea.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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