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dogwhelk

dogwhelk is the alternative form 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

Forms of dogwhelk

pluraldogwhelks

Questions about dogwhelk

What is dogwhelk the alternative form of?
Dogwhelk is the alternative form of dog whelk.

Words near dogwhelk in the dictionary

  1. dogwatch
  2. dogwatches
  3. dogwater
  4. dogwear
  5. dogweed
  6. dogwhelk
  7. dogwhelks
  8. dogwhip
  9. dogwhipped
  10. dogwhipping
  11. dogwhips

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