búzio

1. (masculine) conch; hence trumpet
2. (masculine) whelk (edible sea snail)
3. (Brazil, masculine) pearl fisher
4. (Brazil, masculine) cowrie, cowry (any of the marine mollusks of the genus Cypraea)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbu.zi.u/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: būcinum

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese buzỹo, from Latin būcinum (“curved war trumpet”).

Concepts

whelks

conch

whelk

winkle

dog-whelk

music shell

spiral shell

buckie

common whelk

waved whelk

spiral shell

cowry

Synonyms

concha

Translations

buccin

Wellhornschnecke

buccino

rozkolec

ولك

conque

buccine

wulk

Schneckenhaus

concha de caracol

plongeur

bulot

conchiglia

buccina

caracola marina