👉 Whelk-like is a term used in linguistics to describe a word or phrase that has a similar meaning to another, but it differs from the original in some way. It's like saying something sounds different from another word, but you can still tell which one it was by hearing it. For example, "whale" and "whelk-like" could be considered the same thing, since they both mean a large fish that lives in the ocean. However, if we compare them
