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Definition of Strombus
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Strombidae.
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Genus
Group relationships: Family Strombidae, Strombidae
Member holonyms: Conch
Definition of Strombus
1. n. 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.
Definition of Strombus
1. Noun. (zoology) Any of the genus ''Strombus'' of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Strombus
1. stromb [n -ES] - See also: stromb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strombus
Literary usage of Strombus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletins of American Paleontology by Cornell University, Paleontological Research Institution (1895)
"Strombus pugilis Linnaeus, Dillwyn, A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, vol.
... Strombus pugilis Linnaeus, Krebs, The West Indian Marine Shells, p. ..."
2. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands by New York Academy of Sciences (1920)
"Several internal molds probably represent fillings of Strombus ... In the collection
is an internal mold which probably represents Strombus bifrons Sowerby. ..."
3. A Manual of Conchology: According to the System Laid Down by Lamarck, with by Thomas Wyatt (1838)
"Strombus. The Wing Shell. Thirty-two species. As now defined and characterized
by Lamarck, is easily distinguished by not having the winged aperture on the ..."
4. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1842)
"Strombus. Generic Character. — Animal spiral, slightly compressed, famished with
a proboscis, at the extremity of which is the month opening longitudinally, ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1899)
"Strombus floridus, Quoy and Gaimard. Astrolabe Zool., vol. iii., p. 76, pi.
51,: f. 12, 13. Strombus floridus, Kiener. Icon. Coq. Viv., p. 63, pi. 32, f. ..."
6. Outlines of Geology: Intended as a Popular Treatise on the Most Interesting by John Lee Comstock (1836)
"Genus Strombus. Shell univalve, spiral, expanded; aperture having the lip unusually
dilated, and ending in a canal inclined towards the left, ..."
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