strombus

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the family Strombidae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mollusk genus,
definition	:	a genus of mollusks (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	conch,
definition	:	any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family strombidae, strombidae,
definition	:	the family of conchs (noun.animal)