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Proverbially Slow Moving Mollusc Crossword Clue

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noun

• freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell

• edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic

verb

• gather snails

37%4Proverbially reticent marine mollusc
noun

• burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness

• a piece of paper money worth one dollar

• flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams

verb

• gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean

37%6Proverbially clingy mollusc
noun

• mollusk with a low conical shell

• any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas

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