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English noun: whelk | |||
| 1. | whelk (food) large marine snail much used as food in Europe | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | seafood | ||
| Substance meronym | whelk | ||
| 2. | whelk (animal) large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | seasnail | ||
| Member meronym | Buccinidae, family Buccinidae | ||
| Substance holonym | whelk | ||
English verb: whelk | |||
| 1. | whelk (competition) gather whelk | ||
| Examples | In the summer they like to go out and whelk | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | snail | ||
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