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fulgar carica
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Winkle \Win"kle\, n. [AS. wincle.] (Zool.)
(a) Any periwinkle. --Holland.
(b) Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the
United States, either of two species of Fulgar ({Fulgar
canaliculata}, and Fulgar carica).
[1913 Webster]
Note: These are large mollusks which often destroy large
numbers of oysters by drilling their shells and sucking
their blood.
[1913 Webster]
Sting winkle, a European spinose marine shell ({Murex
erinaceus}). See Illust. of Murex.
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