conch

Chipped conch shells and scattered bone whistles point to a musical ambience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

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

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2023

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 blushed, but before he could say anything, conch horns blew.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

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

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

Sometimes working in fairly deep waters of 20 or 30 feet, divers can take home as many as 1,000 conchs in a single trip.

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

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 Ganguli, Kisari Mohan