dogwinkle
now chiefly US
noun
Any of several predatory marine gastropod molluscs of the genus Nucella (formerly Thais or Purpura; family Muricidae); especially (more fully Atlantic dogwinkle) the common dog whelk, N. lapillus.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Philip Gosse (1810–1888), zoologist and religious writer.
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