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GENUS STROMBUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Strombus mean?
• GENUS STROMBUS (noun)
The noun GENUS STROMBUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Strombidae
Familiarity information: GENUS STROMBUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Strombidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Strombus; Strombus
Hypernyms ("genus Strombus" is a kind of...):
mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "genus Strombus"):
conch (any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip)
Holonyms ("genus Strombus" is a member of...):
family Strombidae; Strombidae (the family of conchs)
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