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wentletrap (iou)



wentletrap noun. M18.
[Dutch wenteltrap winding staircase, spiral shell from earlier wendeltrap, from wenden wind, turn + trap stair.]
(A shell of) any of various marine gastropod molluscs of the family Epitoniidae, which have spiral conical shells and (usu.) ridged whorls. Cf. STAIRCASE noun 2.