conch

conch

‘a marine shell’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

    Lat. concha ‘shellfish, mollusk’ < Gk. konkhē ‘mussel, cockle’ also metaphoric of shell-like objects < awn < konkho- < Tamil aṅku

Technical words derived from 'conch'

trumpet - conch - கடற்சங்கு வகை.