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/wɛlk/ · noun
Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe..
his face is all bubukles , and whelks , and knobs
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Whelk means Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe..
Common synonyms include scungilli.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
his face is all bubukles , and whelks , and knobs
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