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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conch \Conch\, n. [L. concha, Gr ?. See {Coach}, n.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A name applied to various marine univalve
shells; esp. to those of the genus {Strombus}, which are
of large size. {S. gigas} is the large pink West Indian
conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs are of the
genus {Cassis}. See {Cameo}.
Note: The conch is sometimes used as a horn or trumpet, as in
fogs at sea, or to call laborers from work
2. In works of art, the shell used by Tritons as a trumpet.
3. One of the white natives of the Bahama Islands or one of
their descendants in the Florida Keys; -- so called from
the commonness of the conch there or because they use it
for food.
4. (Arch.) See {Concha}, n.
5. The external ear. See {Concha}, n., 2.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
conch
n : any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the
genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell
with large outer lip
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