whelk
noun/welk/
/welk/
- a small shellfish that can be eatenTopics Fish and shellfishc2Word OriginOld English wioloc, weoloc, of unknown origin; the spelling with wh- was perhaps influenced by whelk in the sense ‘pimple’.
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