Definition of Strombs

1. stromb [n] - See also: stromb

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strombs

stromata
stromateid
stromateid fish
stromatic
stromatolite
stromatolites
stromatolith
stromatoliths
stromatolitic
stromatology
stromatoporoid
stromb
strombite
strombites
stromboid
strombs (current term)
strombus
strombuses
stromelysin
stromeyerite
stromuhr
stromuhrs
stromule
stromules
stronalsite
strond
stronds
strong
strong-arm
strong-armed

Literary usage of Strombs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Natural History by John Sterling Kingsley, Frederich Anton Heller von Hellwald, Elliott Coues (1884)
"In early life the shells are much like those of the strombs, but when approaching the adult condition the long finger-like processes of the mantle begin the ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1877)
"The strombs, whose heavy broad-lipped and deeply notched shells (Figure 22) are familiar objects in all ... The strombs are reckoned among the carnivorous ..."

3. Little Folks in Feathers and Fur, and Others in Neither by Olive Thorne Miller, Hildibrand, A. Mesnel, Ecosse, E.P. Dutton (Firm)., J.J. Little & Co (1880)
"It belongs to a family called strombs, and this one is called Strombus Gigas. ... The whole family of strombs are so shy in their ways, that very little is ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1864)
"They are mostly shore shells, and are sadly intermixed with an abundance of cowries, cones, strombs, and other clearly Pacific species, which throw great ..."

5. On the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God as Manifested in the Creation of by William Kirby (1835)
"... the rock-shells, are not so remarkable for their size as many others which live by prey, as the strombs, the helmet-shells, and the tritons, ..."

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