What does "conch" mean?

Conch: In works of art, the shell used by Tritons as a trumpet.

Additional senses

  1. 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.
  2. 3.(Arch.) See Concha, n.
  3. 4.The external ear. See Concha, n., 2.

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