strombus
noun
strom·bus
ˈsträmbəs
1
capitalized : a genus of marine gastropod mollusks (family Strombidae) having a heavy obconical shell with a short conical spire and usually a much expanded outer lip, a horny operculum, a narrow foot, long snout, and long eye peduncles see king conch
2
plural -es : any mollusk of the genus Strombus
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin, a kind of spiral snail, from Greek strombos a snail