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whelk meaning in Tamil

உண்ணக்கூடிய

/wɛlk/

whelk in Tamil: உண்ணக்கூடிய, திருகலான ஓடுடைய கடல் கிளிஞ்சல், நத்தை, முகப்பரு. In English, whelk means certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.

Tamil words for whelk

உண்ணக்கூடிய, திருகலான ஓடுடைய கடல் கிளிஞ்சல், நத்தை, முகப்பரு, பரு

English meaning of whelk

  1. noun Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.
  2. noun Pimple.
  3. noun A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.

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What is the meaning of whelk in Tamil?
Whelk in Tamil is உண்ணக்கூடிய, திருகலான ஓடுடைய கடல் கிளிஞ்சல், நத்தை, முகப்பரு.
whelk என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Whelk: உண்ணக்கூடிய, திருகலான ஓடுடைய கடல் கிளிஞ்சல், நத்தை, முகப்பரு.
What does whelk mean in English?
Whelk means certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.

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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: whelk (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: whelk (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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