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whelk

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whelk 1  (hwlk, wlk)
n.
Any of various large, mostly edible marine snails of the family Buccinidae, having a pointed, spiral shell, especially Buccinum undatum, which is commonly eaten in Europe.
[Middle English welke, whelke, from Old English weoloc; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
whelk
Noun
an edible sea creature with a strong snail-like shell [Old English weoloc]
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Noun1.whelkwhelk - large marine snail much used as food in Europe
whelk - large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell
seafood - edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc
2.whelk - large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell
seasnail - any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids
Buccinidae, family Buccinidae - whelks
whelk - large marine snail much used as food in Europe
Verb1.whelk - gather whelk
snail - gather snails; "We went snailing in the summer"
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"As well, by your honour's leave, as a hermit-crab in the shell of a whelk," said Conseil.
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