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What is a whelk?

What is a whelk? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.
  2. A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.
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It appears to be cut from a large bivalve and does not have the twisted shape of a whelk or conch columella.
Non-compliance with 2007 whelk licence conditions by harvesting whelk using whelk traps without valid tags.
The fact he could be won round to this cranky idea demonstrates that he shouldn't be trusted in charge of a whelk stall, let alone the national economy.
Not because it does anything fancy or unusual, or because it charges £300 for half a sautéed whelk.
Their  arrogance and incompetence was a toxic mix and they couldn't run a whelk stall.
There are also plans to impose a minimum legal size for whelk and Greenland halibut to protect their stocks in the estuary and Gulf.

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