red whelk
noun
A whelk with a robust reddish or yellowish shell, Neptunea antiqua (family Buccinidae), found in cold temperate waters of the eastern Atlantic; also called buckie.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Samuel Woodward (1821–1865), naturalist and palaeontologist.
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