conch

Etymology
From, from. .

Noun

 * 1) A marine gastropod of the family  which lives in its own spiral shell.
 * 2) The shell of this sea animal.
 * 3) A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.
 * 4)  The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.

Translations

 * Finnish: siipikotilo
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German:, Meeresschnecke
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish:, trumpa sliogáin
 * Korean: 고둥
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: wahanui
 * Maranao: tamboli'
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Tamil:


 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: siipikotilon kuori
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:
 * Kabuverdianu: kónxa
 * Korean:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: wahanui
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:


 * Galician: ,
 * Maguindanao: tambuli
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: pūpakapaka, potipoti, pūmoana, pūtātara, pūtoto
 * Spanish: ,
 * Tamil:


 * Interlingua:
 * Malayalam: (4)
 * Volapük:

Verb

 * 1) To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.
 * 2) To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.

Translations

 * German: