wentletrap


wen·tle·trap

W0093100 (wĕnt′l-trăp′)n. Any of various marine snails of the family Epitoniidae, having a tapering, usually white spiral shell, often with prominent varices.
[Dutch wenteltrap, spiral staircase, wentletrap, from Middle Dutch wendeltrappe : wendel, winding (from wenden, to wind) + trappe, stairs.]

wentletrap

(ˈwɛntəlˌtræp) n (Animals) any marine gastropod mollusc of the family Epitoniidae, having a long pointed pale-coloured longitudinally ridged shell[C18: from Dutch winteltrap spiral shell, from wintel, earlier windel, from wenden to wind + trap a step, stairs]

wen•tle•trap

(ˈwɛn tlˌtræp)

n. any of various marine gastropods of the family Epitoniidae, typically white with sharply defined axial ridges. [1750–60; < Dutch wenteltrap, earlier wendeltrap spiral staircase =wend(en) to turn + frequentative -el- + trap trap1]