Sea corn \Sea" corn`\ (Zo["o]l.)
A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species
of whelks ({Buccinum}), which resembles an ear of maize.
Buccinum \Buc"ci*num\, n. [L., a trumpet, a trumpet shell.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A genus of large univalve mollusks abundant in the arctic
seas. It includes the common whelk ({B. undatum}).