scungillen.
/skuːnˈdʒiːleɪ/ A mollusc or conch, esp. the meat of a mollusc eaten as a delicacy.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > shell-fish or mollusc
shell-meat1642
coquillage1851
mariscos1932
scungille1953
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > mollusc or shell-fish
shellfishc888
oyster1419
cochle?1527
shale-fish1596
scale-fish1601
shell1751
ox-heart1753
mollusc1783
molluscum1832
molluscan1835
polybranchian1839
coquillage1851
whale-feed1853
siphonate1877
scungille1953
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > mollusc or shell-fish > parts of mollusc
ungulaa1382
mantlea1475
trunk1661
diaphragm1665
lid1681
operculum1681
ear1688
beard1697
corslet1753
scar1793
opercle1808
pleura1826
pallium1834
byssus1835
cephalic ganglia1835–6
opercule1836
lingual ribbon1839
tube1839
cloak1842
test1842
collar1847
testa1847
rachis1851
uncinus1851
land-shell1853
mantle cavity1853
mesopodium1853
propodium1853
radula1853
malacology1854
gill comb1861
pallial cavity1862
tongue-tootha1877
mesopode1877
odontophore1877
pallial chamber1877
shell-gland1877
rasp1879
protopodium1880
ctenidium1883
osphradium1883
shell-sac1883
tooth-ribbon1883
megalaesthete1885
rachidian1900
scungille1953
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1953 A. Boni Talisman Italian Cook Bk. 65 Scungilli Marinara... ½ pound of scungilli (pulp of conch)... Boil scungilli about 15 minutes and drain.
1963 T. Pynchon V. iii. 62 He tended each seashell on his submarine scungille farm.
1972 Village Voice (N.Y.) 1 June 75/1 (advt.) Italian-American fish specialties. Shrimp, calamari, scungilli, mussels, [etc.].
1980 D. E. Westlake Castle in Air i. 12 Stuffing scungilli and spaghetti into her mouth.
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