winkle

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈwɪŋkəl/

Noun

A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae. / Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species Busycotypus canaliculata and Busycon carica.

Japanese Meaning

リトリニダエ科に属する巻貝、またはその殻。 / アメリカ合衆国などで見られる、様々な海洋性の螺旋状に巻いた軟体動物（特にBusycotypus canaliculataおよびBusycon caricaという2種を含む）を指す。

What is this buttons?

She found a smooth winkle clinging to the jetty stones and placed it carefully back into a tide pool.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は防波堤の石にしがみついているつやのあるイソガイを見つけ、それを注意深く潮だまりに戻した。

Details

Sense（1）

A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.

[…] because the inward Eare is intorted like a winkle-shell, and hangeth as a bell in thee steeple of the body, it easily perceiueth all appulsions of the Ayre.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation