Shelled gastropod Crossword Clue

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Shelled gastropod Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic
2. freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
(verb)
1. gather snails

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SHELLED (adjective)
1. of animals or fruits that have a shell
GASTROPOD (noun)
1. a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes

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