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Word: Conch
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Latin concha ‘shellfish, shell’, from Greek konkhē ‘mussel, cockle, or shell-like cavity’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kɒn(t)ʃ
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kɒŋk
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a tropical marine mollusc with a robust spiral shell which may bear long projections and have a flared lip.
Short Definition:tropical marine mollusc
Definition:
the roof of a semicircular apse, shaped like half a dome.
Short Definition:roof of semicircular apse
Short Definition:
concha
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