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Whelky :: Whelky (a.) Shelly.

Welk :: Welk (n.) A pustule. See 2d Whelk.

Proboscidifera :: Proboscidifera (n. pl.) 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..

Welked :: Welked (v. t.) See Whelked.

Buckie :: Buckie (n.) A large spiral marine shell, esp. the common whelk. See Buccinum..

Sea Corn :: Sea corn () A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species of whelks (Buccinum), which resembles an ear of maize..

Buccinoid :: Buccinoid (a.) Resembling the genus Buccinum, or pertaining to the Buccinidae, a family of marine univalve shells. See Whelk, and Prosobranchiata..

Whelk :: Whelk (n.) 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..

Wilk :: Wilk (n.) See Whelk.

Whilk :: Whilk (n.) A kind of mollusk, a whelk..

Whelky :: Whelky (a.) Having whelks, ridges, or protuberances; hence, streaked; striated..

Whelk :: Whelk (n.) A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.

Welk :: Welk (n.) A whelk.

Buccinum :: Buccinum (n.) A genus of large univalve mollusks abundant in the arctic seas. It includes the common whelk (B. undatum).

Rhachiglossa :: Rhachiglossa (n. pl.) 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..

Wheal :: Wheal (n.) A pustule; a whelk.

Whelk :: Whelk (n.) A papule; a pustule; acne.

Whelked :: Whelked (a.) Having whelks; whelky; as, whelked horns..

Nassa :: Nassa (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..

Operculum :: Operculum (n.) The lid closing the aperture of various species of shells, as the common whelk. See Illust. of Gastropoda..

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