family buccinidae

English Thesaurus

1. whelks (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mollusk family,
definition	:	a family of mollusks (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	whelk,
definition	:	large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	class gasteropoda, class gastropoda, gasteropoda, gastropoda,
definition	:	snails and slugs and their relatives (noun.animal)