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 ²  (hwlk, wlk)

n.

An inflamed swelling, such as a pimple or pustule.

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[Middle English whelke, from Old English hwylca; akin to hwelian, to suppurate.]

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whelky adj.

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whelk¹

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any carnivorous marine gastropod mollusc of the family Buccinidae, of coastal waters and intertidal regions, having a strong snail-like shell

[Old English weoloc; related to Middle Dutch willok, Old Norse vil entrails]

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whelk²

n

(Medicine / Pathology) a raised lesion on the skin; wheal

[Old English hwylca, of obscure origin]

whelky  adj

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"

Translations

whelk [welk] N → buccino m

whelk [ˈ^hwɛlk ˈwɛlk] n → bulot m

whelk

n → Wellhornschnecke f

whelk [wɛlk] n (Zool) → buccino

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whelk [wɛlk] n (Zool) → buccino