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, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Busyconinae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Busyconinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Buccinidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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