/
kɒŋk,
kɒn(t)ʃ/
n.
(pl. conchs
/kɒŋks/
or conches
/ˈkɒntʃɪz/
)
- a tropical marine mollusc with a robust spiral shell which may bear long projections and have a flared lip.
[Strombus and other genera: many species.]
- Architecture the roof of a semicircular apse.
- another term for concha.
Etymology
ME: from L. concha ‘shellfish, shell’, from Gk konkhē ‘mussel, cockle, or shell-like cavity’.
