purperslak

Dutch

Nucella lapillus

Etymology

Compound of purper +‎ slak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʏr.pərˌslɑk/

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• Hyphenation: pur‧per‧slak

Noun

purperslak f (plural purperslakken, diminutive purperslakje n)

1. dog whelk (Nucella lapillus)

Further reading

• purperslak on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl