conch

Hold a conch shell up to your ear and you can hear the sound of the sea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

"We also feed them conch slop and algae smoothies," Alizee explains.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2023

Still, the queen conch is one of many vulnerable species not included on Mexico’s national endangered species list.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2023

Officers reported finding two empty conch shells next to a pot and an active fire.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

"What can he do more than he has? I'll tell him what's what. You let me carry the conch, Ralph. I'll show him the one thing he hasn't got."

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

An Indian air force helicopter dropped flower petals outside, priests blew conches and chanted, but Modi was the star.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

Police said a witness told them a man caught the conches and then cooked and ate the sea snails at his campsite.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

Another neglected hazard is decompression sickness among divers forced to make repeated deep dives, a common problem in harvesting lobster, sea cucumbers and conches, the report said.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2022

These five volumes explain why anyone would embed polished conches in stucco walls, engulf cellphone towers in plastic pine needles or inlay woodworkers’ benches with images of woodworkers at work.

From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2021

Immediately there was a loud blowing of sea-shells, conches and so forth, and a stout, jolly-looking gentleman appeared seated on a well-blown-up cloud above the battlements.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said they charged Burley David Smith, 67, with a felony for catching and consuming two queen conchs while the suspect was fishing on Wisteria Island.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

And the Bahamas National Trust is working to equip fishers with tools to help them physically measure conchs to ensure they’re big enough to harvest.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2023

And the Bahamas National Trust, a non-profit that manages national parks, is working to get fishers tools to help them measure conchs to ensure they’re big enough to harvest.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2023

He says NOAA’s risk analysis does not account for the fact that conchs congregate before mating, which means that a low population density observed in a survey can look deceptively bad.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 22, 2022

Then he fancies him as a fisherman on Tyrian seas, plundering the ocean of her purple dye: kings’ houses shall be made glorious and their persons beautiful with the product of the coloured conchs.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Edward Berdoe