What does "conch" mean?
Conch: In works of art, the shell used by Tritons as a trumpet.
Additional senses
- 2.One of the white natives of the Bahama Islands or one of their descendants in the Florida Keys; -- so called from the commonness of the conch there, or because they use it for food.
- 3.(Arch.) See Concha, n.
- 4.The external ear. See Concha, n., 2.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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