Defenition of the word whelk

• Defenition of the word whelk

  • large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell
  • large marine snail much used as food in Europe
  • gather whelk

Meronymys for the word whelk

• • Buccinidae
  • family Buccinidae
  • whelk

Hypernyms for the word whelk

• • seafood
  • seasnail
  • snail

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