mollusk

Noun

Meaning

One of the Mollusca.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mollusc shellfish barnacle cockle fish shrimp oyster mussel crustacean octopod ear insect mammal abalone invertebrate
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Antonyms

anaconda strong determined healthy robust energetic
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Hypernyms

invertebrate

Hyponyms

drill cephalopod bivalve gastropod chiton univalve

Phrases with the word

mollusk reef mollusk bank bivalve mollusk marine mollusk mollusk bed knobbed sea mollusk

Examples

A mollusk is a cheap edition [of man] with a suppression of the costlier illustrations, designed for dingy circulation, for shelving in an oyster-bank or among the seaweed. Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is thought that natural pearls form under a set of accidental conditions when a microscopic intruder or parasite enters a bivalve mollusk and settles inside the shell. Source: Internet

Many of the stages are named after marine animals (e.g. the Littorina mollusk ) that are clear markers of changing water temperatures and salinity. Source: Internet

Pearls form when the mollusk reacts to an intruder or other irritant by coating it in layers of calcium carbonate, which typically forms into a smooth and round enclosure. Source: Internet

Even if you didn't care for the mollusk family, you'd like these babes. Source: Internet

By the second attempt, I was impressing myself with ease with which I worked the knife into the oyster, twisted, and then glided it through the separated shell to make the mollusk slurpable. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

molluscum contagiosum molluscum fibrosum molluseries mollusk bank mollusk bed mollusk family