whelk

== English == === Alternative forms === welk, whilk wilk (obsolete) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wɛlk/ (non-wine-whine, etymology 2 only) IPA(key): /hwɛlk, ʍɛlk/ Rhymes: -ɛlk === Etymology 1 === From Middle English whelke, a variant of welk, from Old English weoloc, wiloc, wioloc, weluc, from Proto-West Germanic *weluk (compare Middle Dutch willoc, Dutch wulk), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, revolve”) (whence vulva and volute). Unetymological spelling with wh- from the 15th century. ==== Noun ==== whelk (plural whelks) Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe. Synonym: (obsolete) sea cornet ===== Synonyms ===== scungilli ===== Derived terms ===== Asian rapa whelk dog whelk knobbed whelk veined rapa whelk whelker whelk stall whelky ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English whelke, from Old English hwelca (“pustule, swelling”). ==== Noun ==== whelk (plural whelks) (archaic) Pimple. A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale. ===== Derived terms ===== chin whelk whelky === References === === Further reading === whelk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Buccinidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Buccinidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons