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单词 red whelk
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red whelk
red whelk n. 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.
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1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 109 Fusus (chrysodomus) antiquus, called the red-whelk on the coasts of the channel, and ‘Buckie’ in Scotland, is extensively dredged for the markets.
1901 E. Step Shell Life xv. 259 The Red Whelk or Buckie (C[hrysodomus] antiqua) has a solid yellowish or reddish shell with dull surface marked with slight spiral ridges.
2000 S. H. Gillespie et al. Infectious Dis. (ed. 2) vii. 181 Some shellfish are well known to be toxic (for instance, the red whelk) but are occasionally mistaken for edible species.
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