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   Conch

   /känCH/

   

   noun

   • 1. a tropical marine mollusk with a spiral shell that may bear long projections and have a flared lip.
   • ▪ a conch shell blown like a trumpet to produce a musical note, often depicted as played by Tritons and other mythological figures.
   • 2. the roof of a semicircular apse, shaped like half a dome.
   • 3. another term for concha

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin concha ‘shellfish, shell’, from Greek konkhē ‘mussel, cockle, or shell-like cavity’.

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