Trochus

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Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, wheel).

Proper noun

Trochus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Trochidae – certain trochus, or topshell, snails.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the subclass Bacillariophyceae – an extinct ochrophyte alga.