Fulgur

See also: fulgur

Translingual

Etymology

Latin fulgur (“lightning”)

Proper noun

Fulgur n

(obsolete) A genus of whelks, including the lightning whelk, the species now distributed in the Busyconinae.

References

Fulgur in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Busyconinae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Busyconinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Buccinidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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