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Wilk :: Wilk (n.) See Whelk.

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

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

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

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

Whelky :: Whelky (a.) Shelly.

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..

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

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..

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..

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..

Welk :: Welk (n.) A whelk.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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