whelk (redirected from whelks)

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.

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[Middle English welke, whelke, from Old English weoloc; see wel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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whelk

Noun

an edible sea creature with a strong snail-like shell [Old English weoloc]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	whelk - 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
Verb	1.	whelk - gather whelk snail - gather snails; "We went snailing in the summer"