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conch
n.
large sea shell
Conch
Conch ( or sometimes ) is a
common name that is applied to a number of different medium to large-sized
sea snails or their
shells. The term generally applies to large snails whose shell has a high
spire and a noticeable
siphonal canal (in other words, the shell comes to a noticeable point at both ends).
conch
Noun
1. any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
(hypernym) gastropod, univalve
(hyponym) giant conch, Strombus gigas
(member-holonym) Strombus, genus Strombus
Conch
(n.)
The external ear. See Concha, n., 2.
(n.)
See Concha, n.
(n.)
One of the white natives of the Bahama Islands or one of their descendants in the Florida Keys; -- so called from the commonness of the conch there, or because they use it for food.
(n.)
In works of art, the shell used by Tritons as a trumpet.
(n.)
A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size. S. gigas is the large pink West Indian conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs are of the genus Cassis. See Cameo.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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n.
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