trochus

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin Trochus, from Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, “wheel”). === Noun === trochus (plural trochuses or trochi) (malacology) Any member of the genus Trochus, or more generally of the family Trochidae; in non-specialist usage, including species formerly classified in that family, particularly Tectus niloticus. ==== Hyponyms ==== topshell === References === Trochus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Trochus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Trochus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Anagrams === crouths == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, “wheel”). === Noun === trochus m (genitive trochī); second declension iron hoop ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== trochiscus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “trochus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “trochus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "trochus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “trochus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “trochus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “trochus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “trochus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin