different between whelk vs whelky

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?lk/
• (without the wine–whine merger) IPA^(key): /hw?lk/
• Rhymes: -?lk

Etymology 1

From Middle English whelke, a variant of Middle English welke, from Old English weoloc, wiloc, wioloc, weluc, from Proto-Germanic *welukaz (“snail”) (compare Middle Dutch willoc, Dutch wulk), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, revolve”) (whence vulva and volute) Spelling wh- from 15th century.

Noun

whelk (plural whelks)

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

Synonyms

• scungilli

Derived terms

• Asian rapa whelk
• dog whelk
• veined rapa whelk

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English whelke, from Old English hwelca (“pustule, swelling”).

Noun

whelk (plural whelks)

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

Derived terms

• chin whelk

References

Further reading

• whelk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Boccinum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Boccinidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

whelk +? -y

Adjective

whelky (comparative more whelky, superlative most whelky)

1. Having whelks, ridges, or protuberances.
2. streaked; striated