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- Dictionarywhelk/wɛlk/
noun
- 1. a predatory marine mollusc with a heavy pointed spiral shell, some kinds of which are edible.
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Whelks are any of several carnivorous sea snail species with a swirling, tapered shell. Many are eaten by humans, such as the common whelk of the North Atlantic. Most whelks belong to the family Buccinidae and are known as "true whelks." Others, such as the dog whelk, belong to several sea snail families that are not closely related. It has been hypothesised that a whelk, should it find itself in ... Wikipedia