Whelk

[welk] or [wɛlk]

解释:

(noun.) large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell.

(noun.) large marine snail much used as food in Europe.

(verb.) gather whelk.

编辑:波西亚--From WordNet

解释:

(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.

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

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

录入:纳丁

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Protuberance, pustule.[2]. Stripe, streak, mark, wale.

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解释:

n. (Shak.) the mark of a stripe on the body a wrinkle an inequality or protuberance.

n. a popular name for a number of marine Gasteropods especially applied to species of Buccinum common on the coasts of northern seas.—adjs. Whelked ridged like a whelk; Whel′ky knobby rounded.

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