"whelks" in the noun sense
1. whelk
large marine snail much used as food in Europe
2. whelk
large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell
"whelks" in the verb sense
1. whelk
gather whelk
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