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Spiral Shelled Creature Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is NAUTILUS which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: NAUTILUS

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199%8Exact Match!
251%11Spiral-shelled marine creature
344%8 Three-shelled shelled creature

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We think the answer is "NAUTILUS" which means:

    noun
  • • A submarine that is propelled by nuclear power
  • • Cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
  • • Cephalopod of the indian and pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The nautilus is a cephalopod mollusk with a spiral shell."
  • • "The nautilus uses its tentacles to catch prey."

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New York Times25 Mar 2010 Down 38
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