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Webster 1913 Edition
Winkle
Win′kle
,Noun.
[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
). ☞ These are large mollusks which often destroy large numbers of oysters by drilling their shells and sucking their blood.
Sting winkle
, a European spinose marine shell (
Murex erinaceus
). See Illust. of Murex
.