ˈsträmbəs noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, a kind of spiral snail, from Greek strombos a snail — more at strophe
1. capitalized : a genus of marine gastropod mollusks (family Strombidae) having a heavy obconical shell with a short conical spire and usually a much expanded outer lip, a horny operculum, a narrow foot, long snout, and long eye peduncles — see king conch
2. -es : any mollusk of the genus Strombus