Large Spiral Shell Crossword Clue

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- Large seashell
- Large spiral shell
- Shell trumpet
- Type of shell
- A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size. S. gigas is the large pink West Indian conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs are of the genus Cassis. See Cameo.
- In works of art, the shell used by Tritons as a trumpet.
- One of the white natives of the Bahama Islands or one of their descendants in the Florida Keys; -- so called from the commonness of the conch there, or because they use it for food.

- A large spiral marine shell, esp. the common whelk. See Buccinum.

- A large, pearly, spiral, marine shell (Turbo margaritaceus), from the Pacific Islands. It is used as an ornament.

- A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, often of large size. The species are numerous and abundant in tropical America.

- A kind of sauce boat or dish.
- A large spiral East Indian marine shell (Turbinella rapha); -- so called because used by native priests to hold the oil for anointing.

- The East Indian name for the large spiral shell of several species of sea conch much used in making bangles, esp. Turbinella pyrum. Called also chank chell.

- Room fitted with sunlamps
- Room for sunbeds
- sun parlour
- An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an apartment or inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern times, an apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for convalescents.
- Any one of several species of handsome marine spiral shells of the genus Solarium and allied genera. The shell is conical, and usually has a large, deep umbilicus exposing the upper whorls. Called also perspective shell.

- A cephalopod mollusc with a spiral shell
- A mollusc with a spiral shell
- Large cephalopod mollusc
- Mollusc with a spiral shell
- The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata.
- The argonaut; -- also called paper nautilus. See Argonauta, and Paper nautilus, under Paper.
- A variety of diving bell, the lateral as well as vertical motions of which are controlled, by the occupants.

- Aquatic relative of the tortoise
- Aquatic reptile that has a flattened shell
- Aquatic reptile with a flattened shell
- Aquatic reptile with a shell
- Hard-shelled reptile
- Large marine reptile with a shell
- Long-lived aquatic creature

- A mollusc
- A mollusc with a spiral shell
- Aquarium creature
- Escargot
- Garden pest
- Garden pest found oddly enough in Suntan Isle
- Gastropod

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