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trochus

trochus


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}.