Winkle may refer to:
Snails
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Common periwinkle
The common periwinkle or winkle (''Littorina littorea'') is a species of small edible whelk or sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc that has gills and an operculum, and is classified within the family Littorinidae, the periwinkles.Reid, David ...
, an edible marine intertidal species found in Europe and North America
* Any species within the family
Littorinidae
The Littorinidae are a taxonomic family of over 200 species of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha, commonly known as periwinkles and found worldwide.
Names
In English-speaking countries, gastropod molluscs from o ...
, the winkles, small intertidal sea snails
* Some edible species of
nerites which are also small aquatic snails, some marine, some freshwater
* Sometimes applied to certain land species that have an operculum, such as ''
Pomatias elegans
''Pomatias elegans'', common name the round-mouthed snail, is a species of small land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae within the superfamily Littorinoidea, the winkles and their allies.
This spe ...
'', the land winkle
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Tegula pfeifferi
''Tegula pfeifferi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Tegula pfeifferi'' (Philiippi, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ ...
Places
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Winkle, Illinois
Winkle (also Craig, Craigs, Winkle Station) is an unincorporated community in Perry County, Illinois, Perry County, Illinois, United States. Winkle is northwest of Pinckneyville, Illinois, Pinckneyville.
References
Unincorporated comm ...
, United States, an unincorporated community
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East Danville, Ohio, United States, an unincorporated community also known as Winkle
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Winkle Island (disambiguation) Winkle Island may refer to:
* Winkle Island (Hastings)
Winkle Island is a traffic island at the heart of Hastings Old Town in East Sussex, England, in the United Kingdom. It is part of a unique area in Hastings called ' The Stade' (the old Saxon ...
, several places with the name
Other uses
* nickname of
Eric Brown (pilot)
Captain Eric Melrose "Winkle" Brown, CBE, DSC, AFC, Hon FRAeS, RN (21 January 1919 – 21 February 2016) was a British Royal Navy officer and test pilot who flew 487 types of aircraft, more than anyone else in history.
Brown holds the world ...
(1919–2016), British Royal Navy officer and test pilot
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Leslie Winkle
The American television sitcom ''The Big Bang Theory'', created and executive produced by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, premiered on CBS on September 24, 2007, while the American comedy spin-off prequel television series ''Young Sheldon'', crea ...
, a character in the television series ''The Big Bang Theory''
* Nathaniel Winkle, a character in the novel ''
The Pickwick Papers
''The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club'' (also known as ''The Pickwick Papers'') was Charles Dickens's first novel. Because of his success with ''Sketches by Boz'' published in 1836, Dickens was asked by the publisher Chapman & Hall to s ...
'' by Charles Dickens
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Winkle squeeze, a play in the card game of contract bridge
* Development codename of the RAF's
RX12874
RX12874, also known as the Passive Detection System (PDS) and by its nickname "Winkle", was a radar detector system used as part of the Royal Air Force's Linesman/Mediator radar network until the early 1980s. Winkle passed out of service along wi ...
radar detector
See also
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Van Winkle, a surname and a list of people with the surname
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Bobby Winkles
Bobby Brooks Winkles (March 11, 1930 – April 17, 2020) was an American baseball player and coach. After an eight-year career as an infielder in the minor leagues, he became the acclaimed college baseball coach at Arizona State University (ASU) ...
(born 1930), American former Major League Baseball coach and manager and college head coach
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Winkel (disambiguation)
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