Definition of "caracoles" []

• Plural form of caracole. (noun)

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• "They linked each of the 2,000 or so often tiny villages they controlled to hub villages known as caracoles ( "conch" or "snail"), the concept being that contacts and ideas could spiral - in the manner of a snail shell - between the centre and the villages."
• "When the local Aztec dance troupe, Quetzalcoatl Naucampa sought to perform at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun - Quetzalcoatl, "the Plumed Serpent" was a Teotihuacan deity - the dancers were attacked by the police who claimed that the sounding of their "caracoles" or conch-shell trumpets would "damage the monuments and annoy the tourists.""
• "On this first visit, José María was working on some tapas - lids for clay jars that would go on clay lampshades fashioned into the shapes of stylized caracoles - conch shells - with rows of three tiny teeth swirling around them like the twisting figures of conchs."