concha

noun

1. Any shell-shaped structure

   “In Virginia, gone are the weekly outings to Walmart to stock up on provisions; to El Ranchito, the Mexican convenience store, to buy shell-shaped concha pastries; and to the laundromat to machine wash heavily soiled garments.”

2. Any shell-shaped structure:
3. (alt-of, alternative)Any shell-shaped structure:
4. An apse, or the plain semidome of an apse.
5. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of kankar.
6. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of concho (“type of ornament”).