Whelk

/wɛlk/

Synonyms for "whelk" (87 found)

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Closest matches (18)

abscess apostemebed soreblain bleb blisterblue pointboil bubo bulla bunion cankercanker sorecarbuncle chancre chancroid chilblain clam

Strong matches (26)

cold sorecoquillage crab crawdad crawfish crayfishdungeness crabeschar felon fester festeringfever blisterfistula furuncle furunculus gathering gumboil hemorrhoidsjapanese crabkibe

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langouste lesion limpetlittleneck clamlobster

Noun(1 words)

external shell

Related words (43)

Noun(3 words)

marine snailsea snailshell

mussel oyster papula papule paronychia parulis periwinkle petechia pile piles pimple pock polyp prawn pustule quahog rising scab scallop shellfish

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shrimp snailsoft chancresoft-shell crabsore steamer stigma sty suppuration swelling tubercle ulcer ulceration wale weal welt wheal whelp whitlow wound

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5 relation types

More general

6 entries

gastropod mollusk seafood seasnail shell snail

More specific

4 entries

Buccinum undatumcalcareous shellcommon whelkspiral shell

Collocations

6 entries

common whelkedible whelkmarine snailshell collectingwhelk meatwhelk shell

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

whelkiness whelkish whelky

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

his face is all bubukles , and whelks , and knobs

Source: wiktionary

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