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whelk
1[ welk, hwelk ]
noun
- any of several large, spiral-shelled, marine gastropods of the family Buccinidae, especially Buccinum undatum, that is used for food in Europe.
whelk
2[ welk, hwelk ]
noun
- a pimple or pustule.
whelk
1/ wɛlk /
noun
- a raised lesion on the skin; wheal
whelk
2/ wɛlk /
noun
- any carnivorous marine gastropod mollusc of the family Buccinidae, of coastal waters and intertidal regions, having a strong snail-like shell
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Derived Forms
- ˈwhelky, adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of whelk1
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Example Sentences
As he grows he needs a larger house, and so leaves the tight shell and pops his tail into a bigger one, generally a whelk shell.
Some of them would swallow the whelk shell, crab and all, but they would not eat one on which an Anemone was fixed.
The Whelk, however, is a clever burglar; he knows how to make a way into the hardest of shelly houses.
Now we will look at a shell-builder, the Whelk, who uses his flinty tongue in quite another fashion.
The whelk and his cousins know how to bore a hole in the shell, and suck out the helpless Oyster.
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