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Definition of conch noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

conch

noun

/kɒntʃ/

/kɑːŋk/,

/kɑːntʃ/

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the shell of a sea creature that is also called a conch
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Conch is used before these nouns:
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin concha ‘shellfish, shell’, from Greek konkhē ‘mussel, cockle, or shell-like cavity’.

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