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buccinum |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sea corn \Sea" corn`\ (Zo["o]l.) A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species of whelks ({Buccinum}), which resembles an ear of maize. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}).