Translingual

Proper noun

Strombus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Strombidae – formerly included most conches, now many are in other genera.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Mollusca - phylum, Gastropoda - class, Orthogastropoda - subclass, Caenogastropoda - superorder, Sorbeoconcha - order, Hypsogastropoda - suborder, Littorinimorpha - infraorder, Stromboidea - superfamily, Strombidae - family, Strombinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• For species see Strombus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or Strombus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Wikispecies

Noun

strombus ‎(plural strombuses or strombi)

1. (zoology) Any of the genus Strombus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στρόμβος ‎(strómbos, “shell, conch, snail”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈstrom.bus/, [ˈstrɔm.bʊs]

Noun

strombus m ‎(genitive strombī); second declension

1. A kind of spiral snail

Inflection

Second declension.

References

• strombus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “strombus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.