LAMBIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lambis mean? 

• LAMBIS (noun)
  The noun LAMBIS has 1 sense:

1. scorpion shells of shallow tropical waters of the eastern hemisphere

  Familiarity information: LAMBIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAMBIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Scorpion shells of shallow tropical waters of the eastern hemisphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Lambis; Lambis

Hypernyms ("Lambis" is a kind of...):

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Lambis"):

scorpion shell (any of numerous tropical marine snails that as adults have the outer lip of the aperture produced into a series of long curved spines)

Holonyms ("Lambis" is a member of...):

family Strombidae; Strombidae (the family of conchs)