Turbo

[tә:bәu]

Definition

(n.) Any one of numerous marine gastropods of the genus Turbo or family Turbinidae, usually having a turbinate shell, pearly on the inside, and a calcareous operculum.

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Definition

n. the typical genus of the family of scutibranchiate gasteropods Turbinid.—n. Tur′binite a fossil shell of this family.

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