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n. The large spiral shell of several species of sea conch, much used in making bangles, especially Turbinella pyrum.

v. To eat noisily; to champ or chomp

n. The East Indian name for the large spiral shell of several species of sea conch much used in making bangles, esp. Turbinella pyrum. Called also chank shell.

n. The chough, or red-legged crow, Pyrrhocorax graculus.

n. The most generally known species of the family Turbinellidæ, Turbinella pyrum.

"On Valentines Day I heard a band playing that chanky-chank mixtec music, and firecrackers going off, and the bells ringing madly at the church around the corner – It was a neighborhood fiesta."

chank shell   

ormer    thumb-size    just-hatched    extra-european    tarnblaze    dagger-shaped    goose egg    cap-like    still-falling    cowrie