Strombus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Strombus
       n : type genus of the family Strombidae [syn: {genus Strombus}]