cameo conch

English

Noun

cameo conch (plural cameo conches)

  1. A large marine univalve shell, especially Cassis madagascariensis, Cypraecassis rufa, and allied species, used for cutting cameos.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cameo conch under cameo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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