STROMBUS

Strombus, genus Strombus

(noun) type genus of the family Strombidae

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

strombus (plural strombuses or strombi)

(zoology) Any of the genus Strombus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing.

Anagrams

• substorm

Source: Wiktionary


Strom"bus, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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