Strombus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Strombus
    n 1: type genus of the family Strombidae [syn: {Strombus},
         {genus Strombus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]