strombus

IPA: strˈɑmbʌs

(zoology) Any conch of the genus Strombus. Most subspecies are known as forms of fighting conchs.

Examples of "strombus" in Sentences

Spices translates three Heb. words: (1) sammum, a generic word including galbanum onycha, the operculum of a strombus, and stacte;
As it grows it shifts to a larger shell, as for instance into the shell of the nerites, or of the strombus or the like, and very often into the shell of the small ceryx.
The tritons are in fair demand, and many tons of cowries are sent to Europe yearly, while the shipment of a thick-lipped strombus in one year to Liverpool amounted to 300,000.
A nail; claw; hoof, (Heb. sheheleth; Ex. 30: 34), a Latin word applied to the operculum, i.e., the claw or nail of the strombus or wing-shell, a univalve common in the Red Sea.