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strombuses

strombuses 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 strombuses

What is strombuses the plural of?
Strombuses is the plural of strombus.

Words near strombuses in the dictionary

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

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