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Strombus

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Strom´bus
n.1.(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.
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Noun1.StrombusStrombus - type genus of the family Strombidae
genus Strombus
mollusk genus - a genus of mollusks
family Strombidae, Strombidae - the family of conchs
conch - any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
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