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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Strombus \Strom"bus\, noun [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.) 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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