Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of the family Turbinellidæ. T. pyrum is the famous chank (which see, with cut).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Zoöl.) A genus of large marine gastropods having a thick heavy shell with conspicuous folds on the columella.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any of the
genus Turbinella of largemarine gastropods .
Etymologies
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From the genus name.
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[Footnote 1: Cosmas probably means "the more distant _ports_ on" the mainland of India.] [Footnote 2: [Greek: "kochlious,"] probably chankshells, _turbinella rapa.
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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