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WHELK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("whelk" is a kind of...):
seasnail (any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids)
Meronyms (substance of "whelk"):
whelk (large marine snail much used as food in Europe)
Holonyms ("whelk" is a member of...):
Buccinidae; family Buccinidae (whelks)
Derivation:
whelk (gather whelk)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Large marine snail much used as food in Europe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("whelk" is a kind of...):
seafood (edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc)
Holonyms ("whelk" is a substance of...):
whelk (large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell)
Derivation:
whelk (gather whelk)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gather whelk
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "whelk" is one way to...):
snail (gather snails)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
In the summer they like to go out and whelk
Derivation:
whelk (large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell)
whelk (large marine snail much used as food in Europe)
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