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noun • any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip | ||||||||
| 33% | 5 | Relative of a conch | ||||||
noun • large marine snail much used as food in Europe • large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell verb • gather whelk | ||||||||
| 32% | 8 | Whelk, e.g. | ||||||
noun • small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish • any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids | ||||||||
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CONCH which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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CONCH
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