fulgar canaliculata

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fulgar canaliculata - 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).
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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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