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Buccinidae

noun
1.
Whelks.  Synonym: family Buccinidae.





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"Buccinidae" Quotes from Famous Books



... rather queer-named shell, the animal that lived in it, being called the "Common Whelk," and belonging to a class of creatures entitled Buccinidae, from the Latin name for trumpet, because they were thought to look like a trumpet. These animals are very plentiful all along the British coasts, and are sold like oysters, in the London markets, besides being ...
— Charley's Museum - A Story for Young People • Unknown


Words linked to "Buccinidae" :   Gastropoda, class Gasteropoda, whelk, class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, mollusk family, family Buccinidae


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