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mollusc::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mollusk, shellfish |
| Type of | invertebrate |
| Has types | cephalopod, cephalopod mollusk, chiton, coat-of-mail shell, bivalve, gastropod, lamellibranch, pelecypod, polyplacophore, scaphopod, sea cradle, univalve |
Examples of mollusc
mollusc
Place octopus in a large pot and cover with water to about 10cm over the mollusc.
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It includes the study of land and freshwater mollusc shells as well as seashells.
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There's also a fossil mollusc whose shell resembles a large, ugly, claw-like nail.
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The tiny Helcionellid fossil Yochelcionella is thought to be an early mollusc.
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Behind, the huge Thau Lagoon is decorated with military formations of mollusc beds.
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But I have always loved the plants that are the mollusc equivalent of caviar.
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No wonder it costs $8000 a snail if they're being kept in a mollusc motel for years.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Merely, water mollusc species and individuals increased following the flood.
From the sciencedaily.com
The rare mollusc Pinna nobilis lives in the Kornati and is protected by law.
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- Mollusk: invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
- The Mollusca, common name molluscs or mollusks,Spelled mollusks in the USA, see reasons given in Rosenberg's ; for the spelling mollusc see the reasons given by is a large phylum of invertebrate animals. There are around 85,000 recognized extant species of molluscs. ...
- A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces; A weak-willed person
- (Molluscs) Invertebrate animals that include clams, mussels, and oysters (bivalves), snails and slugs (gastropods), and cuttlefish, squids, and octopuses (cephalopods).
- (Molluscs) Are soft-bodied haemocoelic protsotomes. they are characterized by the presence of thick muscular foot and covered by a mantle. the mantle secretes a shell, which may be external or internal. examples are clams and octupi.
- (Molluscs) A very large Phylum with about 100,000 species worldwide. Australia has a very rich mollusc fauna. Molluscs usually have a shell, but not always. Most have a fleshy foot, all have gills. They include the chitons, gastropods, bivalves, and octopods.
- (Molluscs) Include organisms like octopus, clams, and snails.
- (Molluscs) Shellfish characterized by a soft, unsegmented body, no internal skeleton and a hard outer shell,
- (Molluscs) are hard shelled animals such as snails and oysters, the identification of which can help us to reconstruct past environments.
