dog whelk

Noun

 * 1) A carnivorous European mollusc,, found on rocky coasts.
 * 2) * 1971 January 14, Graham Chedd, Peter Stubbs, Gerald Wick (section editors), Monitor: Starving dog whelks grow teeth in the estuary, New Scientist, Volume 49, Number 734, page 57,
 * A recent study of shell-shape in the dog whelk along the Bristol Channel suggests - that in progressively less saline conditions the species lives in a colonising situation, where periodic food shortages, rather than physiological limitations, decimate populations and sometimes lead to local extinction.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
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 * French: ,
 * German: Nordische Purpurschnecke
 * Irish: cuachma chon
 * Japanese:
 * Norman: chorchiéthe, coque à j'vaux
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: краси́льная багря́нка