whelk

Etymology 1
From, a variant of , from , , , , from (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), perhaps from  (whence  and ). Unetymological spelling with wh- from the 15th century.

Noun

 * 1) Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to, much used as food in Europe.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: surmovka
 * Danish: konk
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese: gágga
 * Finnish: kuningaskotilo
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, , cornecho
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: faocha choirn, faocha chapaill, cuachma
 * Japanese: エゾバイ, ツブ
 * Maori: huamutu, kākara
 * Middle English: welk
 * Old English: weoloc
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: труборо́г,
 * Scottish Gaelic: faochag, cnomhag, faochan, cnomhadan, conach, faochag-mhór, cona-bhocan, conachag, gobhar-breac
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: во́лак
 * Roman:
 * Spanish: buccino
 * Swedish: vanlig valthornssnäcka
 * Welsh: gwichiad moch
 * West Flemish: wullok
 * Yoruba: kùnrùngbị́ngbị́n

Etymology 2
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  Pimple.
 * 2) A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.
 * 1) A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.