- Large seashell - Large spiral shell - Shell trumpet - Type of shell - A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to
those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size. S. gigas is the
large pink West Indian conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs
are of the genus Cassis. See Cameo. - In works of art, the shell used by Tritons as a trumpet. - One of the white natives of the Bahama Islands or one of
their descendants in the Florida Keys; -- so called from the commonness
of the conch there, or because they use it for food.
- neptune - Olden sea god - A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite,
and the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters
as having the upper part of his body like that of a man, and the lower
part like that of a fish. He often has a trumpet made of a shell. - Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to
Triton and allied genera, having a stout spiral shell, often handsomely
colored and ornamented with prominent varices. Some of the species are
among the largest of all gastropods. Called also trumpet shell, and sea
trumpet. - Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders. The
common European species are Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, and
M. alpestris, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland. The most
common species of the United States is Diemyctylus viridescens. See
Illust. under Salamander.