Lexicographical Neighbors of Strombs
Literary usage of Strombs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Natural History by John Sterling Kingsley, Frederich Anton Heller von Hellwald, Elliott Coues (1884)
"In early life the shells are much like those of the strombs, but when approaching
the adult condition the long finger-like processes of the mantle begin the ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1877)
"The strombs, whose heavy broad-lipped and deeply notched shells (Figure 22) are
familiar objects in all ... The strombs are reckoned among the carnivorous ..."
3. Little Folks in Feathers and Fur, and Others in Neither by Olive Thorne Miller, Hildibrand, A. Mesnel, Ecosse, E.P. Dutton (Firm)., J.J. Little & Co (1880)
"It belongs to a family called strombs, and this one is called Strombus Gigas.
... The whole family of strombs are so shy in their ways, that very little is ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1864)
"They are mostly shore shells, and are sadly intermixed with an abundance of
cowries, cones, strombs, and other clearly Pacific species, which throw great ..."
5. On the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God as Manifested in the Creation of by William Kirby (1835)
"... the rock-shells, are not so remarkable for their size as many others which
live by prey, as the strombs, the helmet-shells, and the tritons, ..."
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