Noun
One of the Mollusca.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA 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