Ww: Whelk

whelk ¹
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.

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[Middle English welke, whelke, from Old English weoloc; see wel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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whelk ² (hwlk, wlk)

n.

An inflamed swelling, such as a pimple or pustule.

Context

"As well, by your honour's leave, as a hermit-crab in the shell of a whelk," said Conseil.20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules

"A whelk's chance in a supernova."
Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams