strombus

名词 n.
/ˈstɹɑm.bəs/    /ˈstɹɑm.bəs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any conch of the genus Strombus. Most subspecies are known as forms of fighting conchs.
    — Certain parts of a species of strombus, found in the Black Sea, were used among Somali women as an aphrodisiac, according to Dr. Jacobus X.

词形变化

strombuses plural strombi plural

词源

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