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Conch (?), n. [L. concha,
Gr. &?;. See Coach, n.]
1. (Zoöl.) A name applied to
various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus
Strombus, which are of large size. S. gigas is the
large pink West Indian conch. The large king, queen, and cameo
conchs are of the genus Cassis. See
Cameo.

&fist; The conch is sometimes used as a horn or
trumpet, as in fogs at sea, or to call laborers from work.

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

3. 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.

4. (Arch.) See Concha,
n.

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

||Con"cha (?), n. [LL. (in sense
1), fr. &?; concha. See Conch.] 1.
(Arch.) The plain semidome of an apse; sometimes used
for the entire apse.

2.


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