wilk -- Ann

more commonly: whelk

whelk 1 (hwlk, wlk) n. Any of various large, mostly edible marine snails of the family Buccinidae, having a pointed, spiral shell, especially Buccinum undatum, which is commonly eaten in Europe. [Middle English welke, whelke, from Old English weoloc; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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whelk 2  (hwlk, wlk) n. An inflamed swelling, such as a pimple or pustule. [Middle English whelke, from Old English hwylca; akin to hwelian, to suppurate.] whelky adj.

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Ann likes to eat fish but not wilk.