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  • coney (2), cony
    [cf. OED cone a marine shell of the genus Conus or family Conidae of Gastropods] n. Obs. a shellfish Cap?): 1782
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  • coney (1), cony
    [cf. BAHAMA CONEY] n. Obs, a mammal, probably the hutia (Geocapromys ingrahami) 1647 There is scarcely any beast on them save a
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  • Conchy Joe
    See CONKY JOE
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  • conch-shell
    [Car.] n. a conch-shell horn, used as a signal: 1978 These conch shells each have a small hole pierced either at one
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  • conch-killer
    [etym?] n. a grayish-white shellfish: Conch-killer. . .zigzag shaped (Andros).
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  • conch jack
    [from its preference for conch as bait] n. a variety of blue jackfish, Caranx sp., which often follows sharks. (Black)
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  • conch fish
    [from its living inside the shell with the conch] n. a fish, Astrapogon stellatus: 1978 The three-inch conchfish. . is
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  • conch-eye
    n. the conch's operculum, the horny cover sealing the shell when the foot is retracted. = CAP, (CONCH) HORN, HELMET, SPUR (White)
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  • conch bubby
    [cf. CONCH + BOBBY breast, from shape; cf. DUG] n. the soft, black protrusions on the body of a conch: Boy, conch (tubby
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  • conch-breaker
    (White); conch-chopper (San Sal., Mayag,) n. a tool for chipping the end off a conch shell to extract the flesh: 1977 (Albury
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