n. any predatory marine gastropod mollusc of the family Buccinidae, esp. the edible kind of the genus Baccinum, having a spiral shell. [OE wioloc, weoloc, of unkn. orig.: perh. infl. by WHELK(2)]
WHELK
Meaning of WHELK in English
English main colloquial, spoken dictionary. Английский основной разговорный словарь. 2012