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English → English (gcide) Definition: Fulgar carica 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). [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. [1913 Webster]