WHELKS Antonyms
Definition of WHELKS
Best Opposite Words For WHELKS
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clams | nounn | |||||||
noun • informal terms for money | ||||||||
abalones | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior | ||||||||
cockles | nounn | |||||||
noun • common edible European bivalve • common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs verb • stir up (water) so as to form ripples • to gather something into small wrinkles or folds | ||||||||
conches | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip | ||||||||
mussels | nounn | |||||||
noun • black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine • marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc. | ||||||||
oysters | nounn | |||||||
noun • marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters • edible body of any of numerous oysters • a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl verb • gather oysters, dig oysters | ||||||||
periwinkles | nounn | |||||||
noun • chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers • commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers • small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked • edible marine gastropod | ||||||||
scallops | nounn | |||||||
noun • one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) • edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces • thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled • edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions verb • decorate an edge with scallops • bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top • form scallops in • fish for scallops • shape or cut in scallops | ||||||||
snails | nounn | |||||||
noun • freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell • edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic verb • gather snails |