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strombus

UK/ˈstɹɑm.bəs/US/ˈstɹɑm.bəs/

strombus noun: any conch of the genus Strombus. Most subspecies are known as forms of fighting conchs.

strombus: any conch of the genus Strombus. Most subspecies are known as forms of fighting conchs
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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

Forms of strombus

pluralstrombuses
pluralstrombi

Origin of strombus

Borrowed from translingual Strombus, from Ancient Greek στρόμβος (strómbos, “shell, conch, snail”).

Questions about strombus

What does strombus mean?
Strombus means any conch of the genus Strombus. Most subspecies are known as forms of fighting conchs.
What part of speech is strombus?
Strombus is a noun.
How do you pronounce strombus?
Strombus is pronounced /ˈstɹɑm.bəs/ (US).
What is the plural of strombus?
The plural of strombus is strombuses.

Words near strombus in the dictionary

  1. stromboid
  2. stromboli
  3. strombolian
  4. strombolis
  5. strombs
  6. strombus
  7. strombuses
  8. Strome
  9. Strome Ferry
  10. stromectol
  11. Stromeferry

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