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单词 whelk
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
whelk1 /hwɛlk, wɛlk/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Invertebratesa spiral-shelled sea animal that can be eaten.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
whelk1  (hwelk, welk),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Invertebratesany of several large, spiral-shelled, marine gastropods of the family Buccinidae, esp. Buccinum undatum, that is used for food in Europe.
  • late Middle English, aspirated variant of Middle English welk, Old English weoloc bef. 900

whelk2  (hwelk, welk),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Pathologya pimple or pustule.
  • bef. 1000; Middle English whelke, Old English hwylca, hwelca; akin to wheal

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
whelk /wɛlk/ n
  1. any carnivorous marine gastropod mollusc of the family Buccinidae, of coastal waters and intertidal regions, having a strong snail-like shell
Etymology: Old English weoloc; related to Middle Dutch willok, Old Norse vil entrails
whelk /wɛlk/ n
  1. a raised lesion on the skin; wheal
Etymology: Old English hwylca, of obscure origin

ˈwhelky adj
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