whelk
Example Sentences
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Ben Cooper has been a fisherman in Whitstable on the north Kent coast since 1997, and relies heavily on the common whelk, a type of sea snail.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2025
A pair of cases are devoted to items from the Nanticoke people, including a wampum belt and necklace featuring whelk and clam shells and a toy canoe crafted from pine needles and sinew.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2022
They’ve placed 10,000 bags of oysters and whelk shells there since 2015.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
What did we expect from a man with the self-awareness of a whelk?
From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2019
One pound of rock-cod requires for its formation ten pounds of whelk; one pound of whelk requires ten pounds of sea-worms; and one pound of worms requires ten pounds of sea-dust.
From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by Thomson, J. Arthur
