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conch

DEFINITIONS OF: conch

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n any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip

Types:
Strombus gigas, giant conch
a large variety of conch
Type of:
gastropod, univalve
a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes
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