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A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species of whelks (Buccinum), which resembles an ear of maize.
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n.
A papule; a pustule; acne.
n. pl.
An extensive division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with the mouth at the end, as the cones, whelks, tritons, and cowries. See Illust. of Gastropoda, and of Winkle.
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Having whelks, ridges, or protuberances; hence, streaked; striated.
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See Whelk.
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Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera Nassa, Tritia, and other allied genera of the family Nassidae; a dog whelk. See Illust. under Gastropoda.
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A genus of large univalve mollusks abundant in the arctic seas. It includes the common whelk (B. undatum).
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A kind of mollusk, a whelk.
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A pustule; a whelk.
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A whelk.
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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.
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Having whelks; whelky; as, whelked horns.
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Resembling the genus Buccinum, or pertaining to the Buccinidae, a family of marine univalve shells. See Whelk, and Prosobranchiata.
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A large spiral marine shell, esp. the common whelk. See Buccinum.
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A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.
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Shelly.
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The lid closing the aperture of various species of shells, as the common whelk. See Illust. of Gastropoda.
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A pustule. See 2d Whelk.
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A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust. in Append.
v. t.
See Whelked.
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