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STROMBUS GIGAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Strombus gigas mean? 

STROMBUS GIGAS (noun)
  The noun STROMBUS GIGAS has 1 sense:

1. a large variety of conchplay

  Familiarity information: STROMBUS GIGAS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STROMBUS GIGAS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A large variety of conch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

giant conch; Strombus gigas

Hypernyms ("Strombus gigas" is a kind of...):

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


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