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Whelk

noun
1.
Large marine snail much used as food in Europe.
2.
Large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell.






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"Whelk" Quotes from Famous Books



... strip them, tie them with the face downward, then have a kettle of hot water brought—take the paddle, made of hard wood, and perforated with holes, dip it into the hot water and strike—before every blow dipping it into the water—every hole at every blow would raise a 'whelk.' This was the ...
— The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus • American Anti-Slavery Society



Words linked to "Whelk" :   family Buccinidae, Buccinidae, snail, seasnail, seafood



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