whelk
Example Sentences
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"Butterfly blenny naturally choose abandoned whelk shells as their home but it seems they can get creative," she said..
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2024
They’ve placed 10,000 bags of oysters and whelk shells there since 2015.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
In the 1990s, the population of horseshoe crabs along the East Coast was decimated by fishermen who used them as bait to catch eel and corner the lucrative market for whelk or conch.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2021
Were I running a modestly sized whelk stall, let alone the White House, the very last person I would allow behind the scenes to observe and report on its secrets would be Michael Wolff.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 7, 2018
"You live in empty whelk shells, then!" said the Child.
From The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables by Elizabeth Rundle Charles
