Caracol is indeed the word for which I searched. I had settled on ‘colimacon,’ also meaning snail shell, but caracol is FAR better.
Thanks so much for your sleuthing!
Andrew
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January 5th, 2011 at 3:57 pm
The author of the question wrote to say:
Caracol is indeed the word for which I searched. I had settled on ‘colimacon,’ also meaning snail shell, but caracol is FAR better.
Thanks so much for your sleuthing!
Andrew