'Strombus' definitions:
Definition of 'Strombus'
(from WordNet)
noun
Type genus of the family Strombidae [syn: Strombus, genus Strombus]
Definition of 'Strombus'
From: 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]