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Whelky

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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.]


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