WINKLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'wingkul
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| Matching Terms: | | winkle out, Winkle-hawk
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- [n] edible marine gastropod
- [n] small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
- [v] remove or displace from a position
- [v] gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
- [v] emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; of stars; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
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| | Synonyms: | | blink, flash, periwinkle, periwinkle, scintillate, twinkle, twinkle, wink, winkle out |
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| | See Also: | | beam, bring out, emit light, flick, flicker, genus Littorina, get out, Littorina, radiate, seafood, seasnail, shine, winkle, winkle | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Win"kle\, n. [AS. wincle.] (Zo["o]l.)
(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}.
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