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whelk
 
Noun whelk has 2 senses
  1. whelk - large marine snail much used as food in Europe
    --1 is a kind of     seafood
    --1 is a substance of whelk
    Derived form: verb whelk1
  2. whelk - large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell
    --2 is a kind of     seasnail
    --2 is a member of Buccinidae, family Buccinidae
    --2 has substance: whelk
    Derived form: verb whelk1
Verb whelk has 1 sense
  1. whelk - gather whelk
    --1 is one way to     snail
    Derived forms: noun whelk1, noun whelk2
    Sample sentence:
    In the summer they like to go out and whelk
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