whelk

Noun
  1. Large marine snail much used as food in Europe (synset 107798780)
    is a type of: seafood - edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc
    substance meronym: whelk - large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell
  2. Large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell (synset 101950037)
    is a type of: seasnail - any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids
    belongs to: buccinidae, family buccinidae - whelks
    substance holonym: whelk - large marine snail much used as food in Europe
Verb
  1. Gather whelk (synset 201145613)
    is a type of: snail - gather snails

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