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[welk] [AE hwelk]nome zool. buccino m.* * *whelk (1) /wɛlk/n.● whelk shell, buccina ( la conchiglia ritorta) □ (fig. fam. ingl.) He couldn't run a whelk stall, è un totale incompetente, un incapace.whelk (2) /wɛlk/n.foruncolo; pustola.* * *[welk] [AE hwelk]nome zool. buccino m. -
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• lamellibranch• whelk• shell-fish• shell• scallop• mussel• cochleae• cochlea• clam• bivalve• razor clam -
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4 женские наружные половые органы
2) Medicine: vulva3) Invective: muff (особенно покрытые большим количеством волос)4) Taboo: Aunt Maria, Marble Arch ("Мраморная арка" - один из входов в лондонский Гайд-парк сf. garden), Sir Berkley, attic, basket, doodle-sack, escutcheon, fanny, feminine gender, fleece, free-fishery, goat-milker, ha'penny, hairy oracle, hairy wheel, hotel, itcher, jam, jelly-bag, key-hole, knick-knack, lamp of love, lather-maker, little sister (см. little brother), lock (см. key), long eye, man-trap, manhole, milking pail, molly's hole, muff (особ. покрытые большим количеством лобковых волос), mustard-pot, needle-book, never-out, nick, nick-nack, old hat, old lady, old thing, omnibus, open C (игра слов на sea и "c" cunt), orchard, orifice, oven, oyster, parlor, pen, pigeon-hole, pin-case (см. pin), pintle-case, pipe, pisser, pit, pit-hole, poke-hole, pot, prannie, pranny, pump, pump-date, punce, purse, pussy-cat, quiff, quim-box, rasp, rattle-bollocks (pl), receipt of custom, receiving set, red ace (см. ace), rest-and-be-thankful, ring, road, rooster, rough-and-ready, saddle, salt-cellar, seed-plot, seminary (игра слов на semen q.v.), shake-bag, shell, skin-the-pizzle, slot, sluice, snatch-blatch, snippet, socket, sportman's gap, suck-and-swallow, sugar-basin, tail-box, tail-gap, teazle, temple of low men (игра слов на low men (антоним high men) и hymen), tickle-thomas, till, tirly-whirly, tit, tivvy, toby, touch hole, twam, valve, water-box, whelk, whim-whamУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > женские наружные половые органы
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small shell-fish; winkle; whelk; kind of murex/snail yielding purple dye (L+S) -
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Also a Mollusk Gastropod - "Buccinidae" - found in more temperate waters than conch, with a darker meat and stronger flavor, perhaps less "sweet". This is more properly known as "whelk". These are generally removed from their shell and sold already steamed and ready to eat. The meat is kind of a circular meat, about 1 to 2 inches in diameter, perhaps 10 to 20 of these in a pound.
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Whelk — Taxobox name = PAGENAME image width = 250px image caption = A lightning whelk shell found on a Gulf of Mexico beach in Louisiana. regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda subclassis = Orthogastropoda superordo = Caenogastropoda… … Wikipedia
whelk — [welk] n [: Old English; Origin: hweoloc] a small sea animal that has a shell and can be eaten … Dictionary of contemporary English
whelk — ► NOUN ▪ a predatory marine mollusc with a heavy pointed spiral shell, some kinds of which are edible. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
whelk — [hwelk, welk] n. [ME welke < OE wioluc < IE base * wel , to turn (with reference to the spiral shell) > WALK] any of various families (esp. Buccinidae) of large marine snails which are often carnivorous and edible … English World dictionary
whelk — whelk1 /hwelk, welk/, n. any of several large, spiral shelled, marine gastropods of the family Buccinidae, esp. Buccinum undatum, that is used for food in Europe. [bef. 900; late ME, aspirated var. of ME welk, OE weoloc] whelk2 /hwelk, welk/, n.… … Universalium
Shell gorget — A shell gorget is a Native American art form of polished, carved shell pendants worn around the neck. The gorgets are frequently engraved, and are sometimes highlighted with pigments, or fenestrated (pierced with openings). Shell gorgets were… … Wikipedia
shell — Synonyms and related words: Eustachian tube, L, R, acting area, aim at, alveolation, alveolus, ante up, antrum, anvil, apron, apron stage, armadillo shell, armature, armor, armor plate, armpit, atom, atomic model, attack, auditory apparatus,… … Moby Thesaurus
whelk — 1. n. any predatory marine gastropod mollusc of the family Buccinidae, esp. the edible kind of the genus Baccinum, having a spiral shell. Etymology: OE wioloc, weoloc, of unkn. orig.: perh. infl. by WHELK(2) 2. n. a pimple. Etymology: OE hwylca f … Useful english dictionary
whelk — Synonyms and related words: Dungeness crab, Japanese crab, abscess, aposteme, bed sore, blain, bleb, blister, blue point, boil, bubo, bulla, bunion, canker, canker sore, carbuncle, chancre, chancroid, chilblain, clam, cold sore, coquillage, crab … Moby Thesaurus
whelk — whelk1 [wɛlk] noun a predatory marine mollusc with a heavy pointed spiral shell. [Family Buccinidae.] Origin OE wioloc, weoloc, of unknown origin; spelling perh. influenced by whelk2. whelk2 [wɛlk] noun archaic a pimple. Origin OE hwylca, related … English new terms dictionary
whelk — noun (C) a small sea animal that has a shell and can be eaten … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
