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whelk Definition:
- Whelk is a common name that is applied to various kinds of sea snail, many of which have historically been used, or are still used, by humans and other animals for food.
| Whelk (n.) Any one numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinum and allied genera |
| Whelk (n.) A papule |
| Whelk (n.) A stripe or mark |
| whelk large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell |
| whelk large marine snail much used as food in Europe |
| whelk gather whelk |
whelk Synonyme:
| whelk Dungeness crab Japanese crab abscess aposteme bed sore blain bleb blister blue point boil bubo bulla bunion canker canker sore carbuncle chancre chancroid chilblain clam cold sore coquillage crab crawdad crawfish crayfish eschar felon fester festering fever blister fistula furuncle furunculus gathering gumboil hemorrhoids kibe langouste lesion limpet littleneck clam lobster mussel oyster papula papule paronychia parulis periwinkle petechia piles pimple pock polyp prawn pustule quahog rising scab scallop shellfish shrimp snail soft chancre soft-shell crab sore steamer stigma sty suppuration swelling tubercle ulcer ulceration wale weal welt wheal whelp whitlow wound |