The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Strombus \Strom"bus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Zool.) A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing. It includes many large and handsome species commonly called conch shells, or conchs. See Conch. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Strombus n 1: type genus of the family Strombidae [syn: Strombus, genus Strombus]