whelk

Example Sentences

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“How about the Whelk? I think I would like to be the Whelk.”

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Now we will look at a shell-builder, the Whelk, who uses his flinty tongue in quite another fashion.

From On the Seashore by Smith, R. Cadwallader

The Whelk and Periwinkle are gathered in immense numbers, and are used by us for food.

From On the Seashore by Smith, R. Cadwallader

They swell in the water, until the yellowish bundle is three times as large as the Whelk that laid it.

From On the Seashore by Smith, R. Cadwallader

The Whelk, however, is a clever burglar; he knows how to make a way into the hardest of shelly houses.

From On the Seashore by Smith, R. Cadwallader