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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TROCHUS

Tro "chus, n.; pl. Trochi. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells belonging to Trochus and many allied genera of the family Trochidæ. Some of the species are called also topshells.