Etymology

strombus

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Today it means: Any conch of the genus Strombus. Most subspecies are known as forms of fighting conchs. Full definition →

translingual Strombus ← Ancient Greek στρόμβος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστρόμβος“shell, conch, snail”
  2. translingual · borrowed fromStrombus
  3. English todaystrombus

Borrowed from translingual Strombus, from Ancient Greek στρόμβος (strómbos, “shell, conch, snail”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.