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n. Any of various large, mostly edible marine snails of the family Buccinidae, having a pointed, spiral shell, especially Buccinum undatum, which is commonly eaten in Europe.

n. An inflamed swelling, such as a pimple or pustule.

n. An edible sea snail. Formally, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinum and allied genera, and much used as food in Europe.

n. Any one numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinum and allied genera; especially, Buccinum undatum, common on the coasts both of Europe and North America, and much used as food in Europe.

n. A papule; a pustule; acne.

n. A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.

n. A wheal; a pustule; a swelling or protuberance, as on the body.

n. A gastropod of the family Buccinidæ in a broad sense; a buccinid, or some similar univalve with a spiral gibbous shell whose aperture forms a kind of spout, and whose whorls are more or less varicose or whelked.

v. gather whelk

n. large marine snail much used as food in Europe

n. large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell

"Algal turfs are grown on screens and then fed to herbivores such as whelk, parrotfish, and crab."

snail    seafood    sea snail   

reversed whelk    rough whelk    ribbon whelk    native whelk   

dog whelk   

papule    pustule    acne    ridge    wale    protuberancy   

periwinkle    murex    noa    electronica    prebendal    derm    satin-lined    child-face    waxeth    cuttle-fish