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whelk

noun

Meaning

  1. nounCertain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.
  2. nounPimple.
  3. nounA stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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