What is the meaning of WHELK. Phrases containing WHELK
See meanings and uses of WHELK!Slangs & AI meanings
An old name for a pustule, a pimple. The word is not much used in America.
Bearded whelk is British slang for the vagina.
Protuberant, rounded.
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v. t.
See Whelked.
a.
Having whelks; whelky; as, whelked horns.
n.
Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera Nassa, Tritia, and other allied genera of the family Nassidae; a dog whelk. See Illust. under Gastropoda.
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A pustule. See 2d Whelk.
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A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust. in Append.
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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.
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The lid closing the aperture of various species of shells, as the common whelk. See Illust. of Gastropoda.
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Resembling the genus Buccinum, or pertaining to the Buccinidae, a family of marine univalve shells. See Whelk, and Prosobranchiata.
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A papule; a pustule; acne.
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A large spiral marine shell, esp. the common whelk. See Buccinum.
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A whelk.
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See Whelk.
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Having whelks, ridges, or protuberances; hence, streaked; striated.
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A kind of mollusk, a whelk.
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An extensive division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with the mouth at the end, as the cones, whelks, tritons, and cowries. See Illust. of Gastropoda, and of Winkle.
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A genus of large univalve mollusks abundant in the arctic seas. It includes the common whelk (B. undatum).
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A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.
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A pustule; a whelk.
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Shelly.
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