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noun - any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
Any of various tropical marine gastropod mollusks, especially of the genera Strombus and Cassis, having large, often brightly colored spiral shells and edible flesh.
The shell of one of these gastropod mollusks, used as an ornament, in making cameos, or as a horn.
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| This large sea snail takes its name from the Greek for "shell" |
| A contest for blowing these shells is a highlight of Old Island Days in Key West, Florida |
| If I'm holding this spiral shell of a gastropod, a fabled trumpet of the tritons, I get to speak |
| The blowing of this is part of a luau |
| In Haiti, lambi is this big spiral-shelled sea snail (If I eat it, can I hear the ocean?) |
| In "Lord of the Flies", you couldn't speak unless you held this shell |
| In mythology Triton could calm or stir the waters by blowing this shell |
| In southern Florida, the "queen" type of this large sea snail is often found in chowder |
| In the Caribbean the spiral shell of the queen, or pink, species of this gastropod is used for making "trumpets" |
| In Haiti this spiral-shelled marine snail is cut up into small pieces cooked in a stew called lambi |
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| a tropical marine mollusc with a robust spiral shell which may bear long projections and have a flared lip. |
| any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip |
| a large spiral shell, or the tropical snail-like sea creature that lives in it |
| A tropical marine mollusc with a robust spiral shell which may bear long projections and have a flared lip. |
| The roof of a semicircular apse, shaped like half a dome. |
| Any of various tropical marine gastropod mollusks, especially of the genera Strombus and Cassis, having large, often brightly colored spiral shells and edible flesh. |
| The shell of one of these gastropod mollusks, used as an ornament, in making cameos, or as a horn. |
| Anatomy See concha. |
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Conch () * is a common name that is applied to a number of different medium to large-sized 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). * In North America, a conch is often identified as a queen conch, found off the coast of Florida. Queen conchs are valued for fish bait, and are also known as seafood.The group of conchs that are sometimes referred to as "true conchs" are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Strombidae, specifically in the genus Strombus and other closely related genera. For example, see Lobatus gigas, the queen conch, and Laevistrombus canarium, the dog conch. * Many other species are also often called "conch", but are not at all closely related to the family Strombidae, including Melongena species (family Melongenidae), and the horse conch Triplofusus papillosus (family Fasciolariidae). Species commonly referred to as conchs also inclu |
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