dog whelk

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dog whelk

noun dog whelks · dog-whelk · dogwhelk

A carnivorous European mollusc, Nucella lapillus, found on rocky coasts. 1971 January 14, Graham Chedd, Peter Stubbs, Gerald Wick (section editors), Monitor: Starving dog whelks grow teeth in the estuary, New Scientist, Volume 49, Number 734, page 57, A recent study of shell-shape in the dog whelk Nucella lapillus along the Bristol Channel suggests - that in progressivel
Similar: Atlantic dogwinkle, purple

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noun Nucella lapillus

Français	pourpre, pilau
Deutsch	Nordische Purpurschnecke
Русский	краси́льная багря́нка krasílʹnaja bagrjánka

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@misc{dog_whelk_2026,
  title = {dog whelk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dog%20whelk},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}