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wentletrap

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wen·tle·trap  (wntl-trp)
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.]
wentletrap [ˈwɛntəlˌtræp]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any marine gastropod mollusc of the family Epitoniidae, having a long pointed pale-coloured longitudinally ridged shell
[from Dutch winteltrap spiral shell, from wintel, earlier windel, from wenden to wind + trap a step, stairs]
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