conch shells

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}.
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