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1. (n.) wentletrap
any of various marine gastropods of the family Epitoniidae, typically white with sharply defined axial ridges.
Etymology: (1750–60; < D wenteltrap, earlier wendeltrap spiral staircase =wend(en) to turn + freq. -el- +traptrap1)
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1. (noun) wentletrap
any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the genus Scalaria, especially Scalaria pretiosa, which was formerly highly valued; -- called also staircase shell. See Scalaria
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