conch

noun
🔊/kɒntʃ/
🔊/kɑːntʃ/
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  1. the shell of a sea creature that is also called a conch海螺壳;海螺
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryConch is used before these nouns:
    • shell
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin concha ‘shellfish, shell’, from Greek konkhē ‘mussel, cockle, or shell-like cavity’.