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whelklike

whelklike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a whelk.

Adjective

whelklike (comparative more whelklike, superlative most whelklike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a whelk.

Forms of whelklike

comparativemore whelklike
superlativemost whelklike

Origin of whelklike

From whelk + -like.

Questions about whelklike

What does whelklike mean?
Whelklike means resembling or characteristic of a whelk.
What part of speech is whelklike?
Whelklike is an adjective.

Words near whelklike in the dictionary

  1. whelk stall
  2. whelk stalls
  3. whelked
  4. whelker
  5. whelkers
  6. whelklike
  7. whelks
  8. whelky
  9. Whelley
  10. whelm
  11. whelmed

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