WHELK, noun 1. A wrinkle; inequality on the surface; protuberance; a pustule. [See Welk and Weal.] 2. A shell of the genus Bussinum, or trumpetshell, univalvular, spiral and gibbous, with an oval aperture ending in a short canal or gutter.
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