whelk
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Tiny baby oysters, called spat, are attached to whelk shells and placed in the bay near the existing cages to further stabilize the shoreline.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
It reported the boat was regularly "operated in an unsafe manner", with the priority on carrying a large whelk catch, rather than on making sure it was stable at sea.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2022
Pre-Columbian painted animal sculptures, which attest, in their lifelike accuracy, to the sophistication and skill of their creators, were found at Key Marco, Fla., along with countless lightning whelk beads, pendants and ear buttons.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2021
What did we expect from a man with the self-awareness of a whelk?
From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2019
Here, adhering to this large whelk, is another, but far larger and coarser.
From Glaucus, or the Wonders of the Shore by Charles Kingsley
