buccinum

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buccinum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Buccinum \Buc"ci*num\, prop. n. [L., a trumpet, a trumpet
     shell.] (Zool.)
     A genus of large univalve mollusks abundant in the arctic
     seas. It includes the common whelk (Buccinum undatum).
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