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Buccinum

Buc"ci*num\, n. [L., a trumpet, a trumpet shell.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of large univalve mollusks abundant in the arctic seas. It includes the common whelk (B. undatum).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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