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Periwinkle  n.  (Zool.) Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina. The common European species (Littorina littorea), in Europe extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized abundantly on the American coast. See Littorina. Note: In America the name is often applied to several large univalves, as Fulgur carica, and Fulgur canaliculata.






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"Periwinkle" Quotes from Famous Books



... interesting," says Mr. Gosse, "to watch the business-like way in which the Periwinkle feeds. At very regular intervals, the proboscis, a tube with thick fleshy walls, is rapidly turned inside out to a certain extent, until a surface is brought into contact with the glass having a silky lustre; this is the tongue; it is moved with a short sweep, and then the tubular ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 8, No. 47, September, 1861 • Various

... UNCOMMON VEGETATION.—Uncle Periwinkle was very kind; he loved nature and his nephews dearly. He wore green spectacles, a dressing-gown all covered with leaves, and a large straw hat; in fact he was very fond of gardening, and reared all kinds of ...
— The Royal Picture Alphabet • Luke Limner

... forward to her drive. She had taken some innocent pleasure in choosing the prettiest of her morning dresses, a gingham that fell into soft folds the colour of a periwinkle, and in rearranging the liberty scarf on her drooping gipsy straw, and in putting on her long fringed gauntlets and little country shoes. Her husband's compliments made her wince, Jack Bendish had eyes only for his wife, ...
— Nightfall • Anthony Pryde



Words linked to "Periwinkle" :   seafood, genus Littorina, periwinkle plant derivative, winkle, Vinca major, Vinca rosea, red periwinkle, Vinca, suffrutex, Madagascar periwinkle, rose periwinkle, Catharanthus, myrtle, old maid, herbaceous plant, cayenne jasmine, Catharanthus roseus, subshrub, Vinca minor, seasnail, genus Vinca, Cape periwinkle, Littorina, large periwinkle



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