Winkle

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Winkle may refer to:

Snails[edit]

  • Common periwinkle, an edible marine intertidal species found in Europe and North America
  • Any species within the family Littorinidae, 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, the land winkle
  • Tegula pfeifferi

Places[edit]

Fictional characters[edit]

  • Bertram Winkle, a butler in the television series Jessie
  • Leslie Winkle, a recurring character in the television series The Big Bang Theory
  • Nathaniel Winkle, in the novel The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
  • Wilbert G. Winkle, protagonist of Mr. Winkle Goes to War, a 1944 war comedy film, played by Edward G. Robinson
  • protagonist of Winnie Winkle, an American comic strip (1920–1996), and ten film shorts; also her adopted brother Perry Winkle
  • Witch Winkle, in the British comics magazine Twinkle

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