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A kind of mollusk, a whelk.

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  1. n. A kind of mollusk, a whelk.
  2. n. The scoter.
  3. pron. Which.
  4. 1. (Zoöl.) A kind of mollusk, a whelk. [Prov. Eng.] 2. (Zoöl.) The scoter. [Prov. Eng.] Which. [Obs. or Scot.] Note: Whilk is sometimes used in Chaucer to represent the Northern dialect.
  5. A kind of mollusk, a whelk. [Prov. Eng.]