conch
/kɒntʃ/noun
(pl. conchs /kɒŋks/ 或conches /ˈkɒntʃɪz/ )
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- （亦作conch shell）a tropical marine mollusc with a robust spiral shell which may bear long projections and have a flared lip海螺, 贝壳（尤指凤螺属、冠螺属的贝壳）。
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- Strombus and other genera, family Strombidae, class Gastropoda.凤螺属和其他属, 凤螺科, 腹足纲。
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- a shell of this kind blown like a trumpet to produce a hollow-sounding musical note, often depicted as played by Tritons and other mythological figures（常指海神特赖登和其他神话人物所用）海螺壳号角。
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- Architecture the roof of a semicircular apse, shaped like half a dome【建筑】（教堂半圆形后殿的）半圆屋顶, 穹内凹顶。
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- another term for CONCHA.同CONCHA.
词源
late Middle English: from Latin concha 'shellfish， shell'， from Greek konkhē 'mussel， cockle， or shell-like cavity'.