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STROMBUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Strombidae

Synonyms:

genus Strombus; Strombus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Strombus" is a kind of...):

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Strombus"):

conch (any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip)

Holonyms ("Strombus" is a member of...):

family Strombidae; Strombidae (the family of conchs)

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