whelk

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.
2. noun Pimple.
3. noun A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.

Similar words

knobbed channeled channelled welk whilk wilk dogwhelk knobbed whelk dog whelk scungilli

Often followed by

shells shell and is stall or buccinum bullia nucella

Word family

whelks