Synonyms for "whelk" (85 found)

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Closest matches (17)

abscessapostemebed soreblainblebblisterblue pointboilbubobullabunioncankercanker sorecarbunclechancrechancroidchilblain

Strong matches (26)

clamcold sorecoquillagecrabcrawdadcrawfishcrayfishdungeness crabescharfelonfesterfesteringfever blisterfistulafurunclefurunculusgatheringgumboilhemorrhoidsjapanese crab

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kibelangoustelesionlimpetlittleneck clamlobster

Related words (42)

musseloysterpapulapapuleparonychiaparulisperiwinklepetechiapilepilespimplepockpolypprawnpustulequahogrisingscabscallopshell

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shellfishshrimpsnailsoft chancresoft-shell crabsoresteamerstigmastysuppurationswellingtubercleulcerulcerationwalewealweltwhealwhelpwhitlowwound

Noun(1 words)

scungilli

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

seafoodseasnailsnail

derived

8 entries

Asian rapa whelkchin whelkdog whelkknobbed whelkveined rapa whelkwhelk stallwhelkerwhelky

etymologically related_to

2 entries

volutevulva

is a

3 entries

molluskseafoodseasnail

manner of

1 entries

snail

related to

4 entries

buccinidaegastropodpimplewale

Translations

43 translations across 26 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 峨螺 noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

Czech

1 entries

• surmovka noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

Danish

1 entries

• konk noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

Dutch

1 entries

• wulk noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

Faroese

1 entries

• gágga noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

Finnish

1 entries

• kuningaskotilo noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

French

2 entries

• buccin noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)
• bulot noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

Galician

3 entries

• bucio noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)
• buguina noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)
• cornecho noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

German

1 entries

• Wellhornschnecke noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

Greek

1 entries

• φουσκαλίδα noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

Hungarian

1 entries

• kürtcsiga noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

Icelandic

1 entries

• beitukóngur noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

Irish

3 entries

• cuachma noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)
• faocha chapaill noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)
• faocha choirn noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

Japanese

2 entries

• エゾバイ noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)
• ツブ noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

Middle English

1 entries

• welk noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

Māori

2 entries

• huamutu noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)
• kākara noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

Old English

1 entries

• weoloc noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

Portuguese

1 entries

• búzio noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

Russian

2 entries

• труба́ч noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)
• труборо́г noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

• cnomhadan noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)
• cnomhag noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)
• cona-bhocan noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)
• conach noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

• vólak noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)
• во́лак noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

Spanish

1 entries

• buccino noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

Swedish

1 entries

• vanlig valthornssnäcka noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

Welsh

1 entries

• gwichiad moch noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

West Flemish

1 entries

• wullok noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

Yoruba

1 entries

• kùnrùngbị́ngbị́n noun (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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his face is all bubukles , and whelks , and knobs

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