Conch vs. Concha

Conchnoun

A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.

Conchanoun

Any shell-shaped structure:

Conchnoun

The shell of this sea animal.

Conchanoun

(anatomy) The deepest indentation of the cartilage of the human ear, attaching to the mastoid bone and leading to its central opening.

Conchnoun

A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.

Conchanoun

(anatomy) nasal concha.

Conchnoun

(architecture) The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.

Conchanoun

(architecture) An apse, or the plain semidome of an apse.

Conchnoun

synonym of concher

Conchanoun

The plain semidome of an apse; sometimes used for the entire apse.

Conchverb

To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.

Conchanoun

The external ear; esp. the largest and deepest concavity of the external ear, surrounding the entrance to the auditory canal.

Conchverb

To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.

Conchanoun

(anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape

Conchnoun

A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size. Strombus gigas is the large pink West Indian conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs are of the genus Cassis. See Cameo and cameo conch.

Conchnoun

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

Conchnoun

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.

Conchnoun

See Concha, n.

Conchnoun

The external ear. See Concha, n., 2.

Conchnoun

any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip

Conch

Conch () is a common name of a number of different medium-to-large-sized sea snails. Conch shells typically have a high spire and a noticeable siphonal canal (in other words, the shell comes to a noticeable point at both ends).