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strombi

strombi is the plural of strombus.

Meaning of strombus

Noun

strombus (plural strombuses or strombi)

  1. Any conch of the genus Strombus. Most subspecies are known as forms of fighting conchs.
    • Certain parts of a species of strombus, found in the Black Sea, were used among Somali women as an aphrodisiac, according to Dr. Jacobus X.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 229

Questions about strombi

What is strombi the plural of?
Strombi is the plural of strombus.

Words near strombi in the dictionary

  1. stromatoxin
  2. stromavascular
  3. stromb
  4. Stromberg
  5. Strombergs
  6. strombi
  7. strombid
  8. strombidiid
  9. strombidiids
  10. strombids
  11. strombine

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