whelk

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/hwɛlk/ English

Definitions

noun

Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.

noun

Pimple
A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.

Related words

Synonyms

scungilli knobbed channeled channelled welk whilk wilk dogwhelk knobbed whelk dog whelk whelker wallfish winkle roman snail worm shell wormshell

Associated

carica wampum mollusc conch gastropod snail siphon lyre predatory mussel mollusk shells

Rhymes

check peck wreck speck geck deck roughneck pain in the neck heck seck

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