trochus

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any member of the genus Trochus, or more generally of the family Trochidae; in non-specialist usage, including species formerly classified in that family, particularly Tectus niloticus.

Similar words

trochid trochoid trochomorphid trocholitid trochamminid trochelminth trochonematid trogid trogulid trogossitid

Often followed by

shell niloticus and shells is in sp maculatus cinerarius