Read full poem →A piteous Siren sweetness on the sea,
Withouten instrument, or conch, or bell,
Or stretch'd chords tuneable on turtle's shell;
Dictionary Entry
A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
Origin
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Common Phrases
shell conch. conchshells conchfritters conchchowder conchconch queenconch largeconch white
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Poetry examples for “conch”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →pash
Round the lady atop in her conch--fifty gazers do not abash,
Though all that she wears is some weeds round her waist in a 30