strombus

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strombus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Strombus \Strom"bus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Zool.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

strombus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Strombus
      n 1: type genus of the family Strombidae [syn: Strombus,
           genus Strombus]