[
UK
/wˈɛlk/
]
NOUN
- large marine snail much used as food in Europe
- large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell
VERB
- gather whelk
How To Use whelk In A Sentence
- Whelks are widely distributed, but are commercially exploited in only some regions.
- Sometimes I work my way out as far as the boat channel, with nothing more to show for my labors than a not-quite-perfect whelk shell. Corinne Demas: An Author's Adventures In Clamming
- It appears to be cut from a large bivalve and does not have the twisted shape of a whelk or conch columella.
- So the 10m ropes provide an ideal home where they can remain suspended above the seabed and out of reach of starfish, crabs, whelks and other predators.
- It is a fantastic place, with extremely tasty whelks.
- The issues that I would like to focus on are the geoducks and whelks to start off with, and cockles and pipi.
- Maram cracked opened a whelk with a sudden slap of a rock. THE LIGHTSTONE: BOOK ONE, PART ONE OF THE EA CYCLE
- Predatory snails, including Oyster Drills, whelks, sponges, especially the Boring Sponges, and fish all find oysters a tasty treat.
- Does the person of long - term long whelk use face of weak acidity bath?
- The bare beauty of the channelled whelk tells me that one answer, and perhaps a first step, is in simplification of life, in cutting out some of the distractions. Monday Musing