English Explanatory Dictionary

trochus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

trochus trochuses trochi

Etymology

From New Latin Trochus, from Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, “wheel”).

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