stromboidadj.n.
/ˈstrɒmbɔɪd/ A. adj.
Resembling or related to a stromb or strombus.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [adjective] > of superorder Branchifera > belonging to order Prosobranchiata > of section Siphonostomata > resembling or related to stromb
strombiform1843
stromboid1859
1859 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Stromboides..resembling a Strombus,..stromboid.
B. n.
A stromb.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Strombidae > member of
Strombus1601
king conch1815
stromb1835
stromboid1891
1891 Cent. Dict.
1910 D. W. Thompson tr. Aristotle Hist. Animalium 530 b This same property is common to all stromboids and to limpets.
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