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

The race starts any time from midnight to noon on race day, with one hour till race start signalled by blowing a conch.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024

While some species like the queen conch aren’t federally protected at all, many more are listed but with a far lesser degree of danger than the science suggests, said Olivera.

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

He picked up a conch and wiped the sand from it.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

Signs assembled from vehicle tires line a dusty pedestrian route from the paved road to her gas station — a cleverly suggestive Shell station, apparently, given the chrome conches adorning the pump handles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2025

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

The alcove was studded with cowries, conches, and scallops.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

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

In the Bahamas, the government has explored new conservation measures, such as stricter rules about minimal harvesting size, to reduce fishing pressure and let conchs reproduce.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 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

But the only way to repopulate billions of conchs is through natural reproduction, he adds.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 22, 2022

She ought to have so many conchs a week, so many sticks of sugar-cane, and so many yams and other stuff.

From A Jolly Fellowship by Frank Richard Stockton