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

Protesters blew conch shells - the sound is considered auspicious.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2024

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

From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

He blew into a conch to begin the ceremony and sang a song.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023

Simon was close to him, laying hands on the conch.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

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

In its most extreme examples, ears twist like conches, teeth and eyes multiply, and hair melts into nothingness.

From The Verge ● Mar. 5, 2019

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

That means protecting the areas of ocean where baby conchs grow is especially important, Kough said.

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

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

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 22, 2022

The loud peal of their instruments, mingled with the blare of conchs, is frightful to the ear and borne by the winds, is filling all the points of the compass.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli