Category:Winkle

Win"kle, n. Etym: [as. wincle.] (zoöl.) (a) any periwinkle. Holland. (b) any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the united States, either of two species of fulgar (f. canaliculata, and f. Carica).

Note: 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.