tro|chus

tro|chus
tro|chus «TROH kuhs», noun.
a top shell, especially a large variety of the tropical Pacific having a valuable nacreous shell.
[< New Latin Trochus, the genus name < Latin trochus hoop < Greek trochós wheel]

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  • en|tro|chus — «EHN truh kuhs», noun, plural chi « ky». = entrochite. (Cf. ↑entrochite) …   Useful english dictionary

  • chus — abel·mos·chus; al·lo·gnath·o·su·chus; am·bly·rhyn·chus; an·or·chus; aph·e·len·chus; ap·ty·chus; bat·ra·chus; bron·chus; bru·chus; cal·lo·ryn·chus; cal·lo·so·bru·chus; ca·lyp·to·rhyn·chus; ceu·to·rhyn·chus; chlam·y·do·sel·a·chus; cho·led·o·chus;… …   English syllables

  • trochus — tro·chus …   English syllables

  • topshells — Trochus Tro chus, n.; pl. {Trochi}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a wheel.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells belonging to {Trochus} and many allied genera of the family {Trochid[ae]}. Some of the species are called also… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Trochi — Trochus Tro chus, n.; pl. {Trochi}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a wheel.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells belonging to {Trochus} and many allied genera of the family {Trochid[ae]}. Some of the species are called also… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Trochus — Tro chus, n.; pl. {Trochi}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a wheel.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells belonging to {Trochus} and many allied genera of the family {Trochid[ae]}. Some of the species are called also {topshells}.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • o — abi·o·log·i·cal; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom; ab·o·li·tion·ism; ab·o·li·tion·ist; ab·o·li·tion·ize; ab·o·ma·sal; ab·o·ma·sum; ac·an·thol·o·gy; ac·an·thop·o·dous; acar·i·dol·o·gist; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; acar·i·o·sis;… …   English syllables

  • a — acar·a·pis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·na; ac·a·ri·nar·i·um; ac·a·rine; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; ac·a·ri·no·sis; ac·a·ro·ce·cid·i·um; ac·a·roid; ac·a·rol·o·gist; ac·a·rol·o·gy; ac·a·ro·pho·bia; ac·a·rus; acat·a·lep·sy; acat·a·lex·is;… …   English syllables

  • cal — abi·o·log·i·cal; adre·no·cor·ti·cal; aero·bi·o·log·i·cal; aero·chem·i·cal; aero·log·i·cal; aero·med·i·cal; aero·nau·ti·cal; aero·phys·i·cal; aero·tech·ni·cal; aes·thet·i·cal·ly; afo·cal; ag·a·tho·kak·o·log·i·cal; ag·nat·i·cal·ly;… …   English syllables

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