n. any predatory marine gastropod mollusc of the family Buccinidae, esp. the edible kind of the genus Baccinum, having a spiral shell.
[ OE wioloc, weoloc, of unkn. orig.: perh. infl. by WHELK(2) ]
n. any predatory marine gastropod mollusc of the family Buccinidae, esp. the edible kind of the genus Baccinum, having a spiral shell.
[ OE wioloc, weoloc, of unkn. orig.: perh. infl. by WHELK(2) ]
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