strombus

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English

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The shell of Strombus gigas, a species of strombus.
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Etymology

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From Latin, from Ancient Greek στρόμβος (strómbos, shell, conch, snail).

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Noun

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strombus (plural strombuses or strombi)

  1. (zoology) Any conch of the genus Strombus. Most subspecies are known as forms of fighting conchs.

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek στρόμβος (strómbos, shell, conch, snail).

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Noun

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strombus m (genitive strombī); second declension

  1. A kind of spiral snail

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative strombus strombī
Genitive strombī strombōrum
Dative strombō strombīs
Accusative strombum strombōs
Ablative strombō strombīs
Vocative strombe strombī

References

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  • strombus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • strombus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.