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• noun (Context 1)

Any of several species of small cichlid fishes endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa that use empty aquatic snail shells for shelter, breeding, and territory.

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"The aquarist carefully arranged several empty escargot shells across the sandy substrate to create a natural habitat for the snail cichlids."

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