Dye Producing Gastropod Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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	noun • Any of the genus Murex of marine gastropods.
	27%	4		Dye-producing shrub
	noun • a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically • shrub of West Indies and South America that is a source of indigo dye
	25%	7		Gastropod mollusk
	noun • any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior

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