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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.