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whelk

noun
🔊/welk/
🔊/welk/
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  1. a small shellfish that can be eaten蛾螺（有些可食用）Topics Fish and shellfishc2
    Word OriginOld English wioloc, weoloc, of unknown origin; the spelling with wh- was perhaps influenced by whelk in the sense ‘pimple’.