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Definition: Fulgar canaliculata
Winkle
\Win"kle\, n. [AS. wincle.] (Zo["o]l.)
(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).
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Note: These are large mollusks which often destroy large
numbers of oysters by drilling their shells and sucking
their blood.
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Sting winkle, a European spinose marine shell (
Murex erinaceus
). See Illust. of
Murex.
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