'Murex erinaceus' definitions:

Definition of 'Murex erinaceus'

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  • Sting \Sting\, n. [AS. sting a sting. See Sting, v. t.]
  • 1. (Zool.) Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Bot.) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. The points of these hairs usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid is pressed into it. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach. [1913 Webster]
  • The sting of death is sin. --1 Cor. xv. 56. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging. "The lurking serpent's mortal sting." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A goad; incitement. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying. [1913 Webster]
  • Sting moth (Zool.), an Australian moth ({Doratifera vulnerans}) whose larva is armed, at each end of the body, with four tubercles bearing powerful stinging organs.
  • Sting ray. (Zool.) See under 6th Ray.
  • Sting winkle (Zool.), a spinose marine univalve shell of the genus Murex, as the European species ({Murex erinaceus}). See Illust. of Murex. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Murex erinaceus'

From: GCIDE
  • Winkle \Win"kle\, n. [AS. wincle.] (Zool.) (a) Any periwinkle. --Holland. (b) Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the United States, either of two species of Fulgar ({Fulgar canaliculata}, and Fulgar carica). [1913 Webster]
  • Note: These are large mollusks which often destroy large numbers of oysters by drilling their shells and sucking their blood. [1913 Webster]
  • Sting winkle, a European spinose marine shell ({Murex erinaceus}). See Illust. of Murex. [1913 Webster]