whelks in English

noun
1
a predatory marine mollusk with a heavy, pointed spiral shell, some kinds of which are edible.
For main, if your feeling decadent, why not go for the lobster platter; langoustines, mussels, whelks , oysters all surround the halved lobster on a bed of ice.
2
a pimple.

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1. Predation concentrated on individual whelks feeding on the open rock surface.

2. Traditionally sold with winkles and whelks, Cockles have been a popular British seaside snack for many years

3. Whelks are advanced prosobranch gastropod MOLLUSCS possessing a heavy, spindle-shaped shell with a siphonal groove.

4. Their main predators are whelks--snails that envelop the Barnacle's cone and force the valves open.The blue mussel is a competitor for space, possibly outgrowing and smothering Barnacles

5. Their bodies outwardly to the touch were neither very hot nor pale but reddish, livid, and Beflowered with little pimples and whelks, but so burned inwardly as not to endure any the lightest clothes or linen garment to be upon them nor anything but mere nakedness, but rather most willingly to have cast themselves into the cold water.