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wen·tle·trap     (wěnt'l-trāp')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Any of various marine snails of the family Epitoniidae, having a tapering, usually white spiral shell.

[Dutch wenteltrap, spiral staircase, wentletrap, from Middle Dutch wendeltrappe : wendel, winding (from wenden, to wind) + trappe, stairs.]
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