1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Buccinum \Buc"ci*num\, prop. 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 ({Buccinum undatum}).

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