| NOUN | food | winkle, periwinkle | small edible marine snail |
|---|---|---|---|
| animal | winkle, periwinkle | edible marine gastropod | |
| VERB | weather | winkle, twinkle, scintillate | emit or reflect light in a flickering manner |
| perception | winkle, flash, blink, wink, twinkle | gleam or glow intermittently | |
| contact | winkle, winkle out | remove or displace from a position |
| Sounds | wih'ngkahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | periwinkle | |
| Broader | seafood | edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc |
| Substance of | periwinkle, winkle | edible marine gastropod |
| Spanish | bígaro, litorina | |
| Catalan | cargolí | |
| Meaning | edible marine gastropod. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | periwinkle | |
| Member of | Littorina, genus Littorina | type genus of the family Littorinidae |
| Broader | seasnail | Any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell |
| Substances | periwinkle, winkle | small edible marine snail |
| Spanish | bígaro | |
| Catalan | cargol de mar, cargolí | |
| Meaning | emit or reflect light in a flickering manner. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?" | |
| Synonyms | twinkle, scintillate | |
| Category | celestial body, heavenly body | natural objects visible in the sky |
| Broader | shine, beam | emit light |
| Similar to | scintillate | give off |
| Spanish | centellear, chispear, titilar | |
| Catalan | centellejar, guspirejar | |
| Meaning | gleam or glow intermittently. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | flash, blink, wink, twinkle | |
| Narrower | flicker, flick | flash intermittently |
| Broader | radiate | Cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays |
| Spanish | brillar intermitentemente, centellear, destellar, relampaguear, titilar | |
| Catalan | centellejar, llambrar, llambregar, llampegar, llampeguejar | |
| Meaning | Remove or displace from a position. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | winkle out | |
| Broader | bring out, get out | take out of a container or enclosed space |
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