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whelk 1 (wĕlk, hwĕlk)n. Any of various large marine carnivorous snails chiefly of the family Buccinidae, having a pointed spiral shell, especially the edible species Buccinum undatum of the North Atlantic Ocean.
[Middle English welke, whelke, from Old English weoloc; see wel- in Indo-European roots.]
whelk 2 (wĕlk, hwĕlk)n. An inflamed swelling, such as a pimple or pustule.
[Middle English whelke, from Old English hwylca; akin to hwelian, to suppurate.]
whelk′y adj.whelk (wɛlk) n (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]
whelk (wɛlk) n (Pathology) a raised lesion on the skin; wheal[Old English hwylca, of obscure origin] ˈwhelky adjwhelk1 (ʰwɛlk, wɛlk)
n. any of various medium- to large-sized, spiral-shelled marine gastropods of the family Buccinidae, as Buccinum undatum, used for food. [before 900; late Middle English, aspirated variant of Middle English welk, Old English weoloc] whelk2 (ʰwɛlk, wɛlk)
n. a pimple or pustule. [before 1000; Middle English whelke, Old English hwylca, hwelca] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  whelk - large marine snail much used as food in Europewhelk - large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shellseafood - 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 shellseasnail - any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritidsBuccinidae, family Buccinidae - whelkswhelk - large marine snail much used as food in Europe | | Verb | 1. | whelk - gather whelksnail - gather snails; "We went snailing in the summer" |
whelknounA ridge or bump raised on the flesh, as by a lash or blow:wale, weal, welt, wheal.Translationswhelk
whelk, large marine gastropodgastropod,
member of the class Gastropoda, the largest and most successful class of mollusks (phylum Mollusca), containing over 35,000 living species and 15,000 fossil forms.
..... Click the link for more information. snail found in temperate waters. The whelk is sometimes eaten, but when food is plentiful, fishermen frequently use it for bait. Whelks are scavengers and carnivores, equipped with an extensible proboscis, tipped with a filelike radula, with which they bore holes through the shells of crabs and lobsters, and a large, muscular foot with which they hold their victims. The thick-lipped, spiral shell has an uneven surface with many protuberances. The knobbed whelk, the largest species, ranging up to 16 in. (40.6 cm), and the channeled whelk, slightly smaller, are both found south of Cape Cod, Mass. In summer the strings of pale, disk-shaped egg cases are common along the shore. The whelk is sometimes mistakenly called conchconch
, common name for certain marine gastropod mollusks having a heavy, spiral shell, the whorls of which overlap each other. In conchs the characteristic gastropod foot is reduced in size and the operculum, a horny plate located on the foot and used to seal the shell opening
..... Click the link for more information. . Whelks are classified in the phylum MolluscaMollusca
, taxonomic name for the one of the largest phyla of invertebrate animals (Arthropoda is the largest) comprising more than 50,000 living mollusk species and about 35,000 fossil species dating back to the Cambrian period.
..... Click the link for more information. , class Gastropoda, order Neogastropoda.whelk[welk] (invertebrate zoology) A gastropod mollusk belonging to the order Neogastropoda; species are carnivorous but also scavenge. whelk1 any carnivorous marine gastropod mollusc of the family Buccinidae, of coastal waters and intertidal regions, having a strong snail-like shell
whelk2 a raised lesion on the skin; wheal whelk
whelk (wĕlk, hwĕlk)n. An inflamed swelling, such as a pimple or pustule.
whelk′y adj.WHELK
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Synonyms for whelknoun a ridge or bump raised on the flesh, as by a lash or blowSynonymsWords related to whelknoun large marine snail much used as food in EuropeRelated Wordsnoun large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shellRelated Words- seasnail
- Buccinidae
- family Buccinidae
- whelk
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