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dog whelks

dog whelks is the plural of dog whelk.

Meaning of dog whelk

Noun

dog whelk (plural dog whelks)

  1. A carnivorous European mollusc, Nucella lapillus, found on rocky coasts.
    • A recent study of shell-shape in the dog whelk Nucella lapillus along the Bristol Channel suggests - that in progressively less saline conditions the species lives in a colonising situation, where periodic food shortages, rather than physiological limitations, decimate populations and sometimes...1971 January 14, Graham Chedd, Peter Stubbs, Gerald Wick (section editors), Monitor: Starving dog whelks grow teeth in the estuary, New Scientist, Volume 49, Number 734, page 57
    Synonyms:
    Atlantic dogwinkle, purple

Questions about dog whelks

What is dog whelks the plural of?
Dog whelks is the plural of dog whelk.

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