Crossword-Solution: WENTLETRAP
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Wentletrap | n. | Any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the genus Scalaria, especially Scalaria pretiosa, which was formerly highly valued; -- called also staircase shell. See Scalaria. |
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| Deep-sea mollusk | 1 answer |
| any of a genus of gasteropod molluscs, having a spiral shell with many deep whorls | 1 answer |
| gastropod | 16 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach
accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of the
stomach; loathing.
Hint 2 anagram
UAASNE
Hint 3 another clue
PERPLEXED state
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Sentences with WENTLETRAP (2)
For these were the days when fine shells could not be bought on every hand, as they can to-day; when a good specimen of the Imperial Harp brought two hundred and fifty dollars easily, and when a collector would give anything, even to the half of his kingdom (if he were a collector of the right sort), for a Precious Wentletrap.
Has any of my readers seen a Precious Wentletrap? Then he knows one of the most beautiful things that God has made.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1985).