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1. Small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
   - periwinkle
    
2. Edible marine gastropod
   - periwinkle

1. (celestial body) emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
   "Does a constellation winkle more brightly than a single star?";
   - twinkle, scintillate
    
2. Gleam or glow intermittently
   "The lights were winkling";
   - flash, blink, wink, twinkle
    
3. Remove or displace from a position
   - winkle out

Derived forms: winkling, winkles, winkled

Type of: beam, bring out, get out, radiate, seafood, seasnail, shine

Part of: genus Littorina, Littorina

Encyclopedia: Winkle Winkle, Illinois