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1 | 99% | 5 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 41% | 13 | Shell with a twisted shape | |
3 | 33% | 11 | Shell-bearing gastropod with a coiled spiral shell | |
Shell With A Spiral Shape Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "CONCH" which means:
- noun
- • Any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip verb
- • To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.
- • To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.
An example sentence would be:
- • "I found a beautiful conch shell on the beach."
- • "The sound of the conch echoed through the cave."
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New York Times25 Nov 1977 | Across 42 | |
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1 | Large spiral shell
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11 Jul 2003 | New York Times / 11 Jul 2003 |
2 | Marine mollusc with a conical or spiral conch, such as a false trumpet, limpet, moon shell, oyster drill, periwinkle, triton or whelk
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24 Jun 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 24 Jun 2023 |
3 | Shell-bearing gastropod with a coiled spiral shell | |
4 | Spiral shell
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27 May 1976 | New York Times / 27 May 1976 |
5 | Spiral shell dwellers
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05 May 1995 | New York Times / 05 May 1995 |
6 | They use their long abdomen to curl into the spiral shape of a shell | |
7 | Word for a spindle’s flywheel or wharve originally, later a pattern of concentric circles; a single convolution in a spiral shell; a radial arrangement of petals or leaves; or, a gyre or swirl in a fingerprint
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