Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
mollusk .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Same as
mollusk .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A soft-bodied
invertebrate of thephylum Mollusca , typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces. - noun figuratively A
weak-willed person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
Etymologies
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Examples
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In each case the mollusc is a loose fit in its burrow, having ample room for rotation, but the aperture of the latter is what is known as a cassinian oval, and generally projects slightly above the surface of the coral.
My Tropic Isle 2003
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The embryo of a Vertebrate might at a certain stage of development, be called a mollusc, if for instance, it had the heart of a mollusc.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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In each case the mollusc is a loose fit in its burrow, having ample room for rotation, but the aperture of the latter is what is known as a cassinian oval, and generally projects slightly above the surface of the coral.
My Tropic Isle 1887
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Having written a piece about the 'mollusc' otherwise known as the Wales Millennium Centre I thought that it was only fair to allow my non-Cardiff based readers to see what their taxpayers money has been spent on.
Golden Domes 2004
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In the waters of Florida is a distinct curiosity in the form of an altogether different mollusc which is commonly known as the “bleeding-tooth shell,” the gory stains about the base of the tooth being highly significant.
Tropic Days 2003
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In the waters of Florida is a distinct curiosity in the form of an altogether different mollusc which is commonly known as the
Tropic Days 1887
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Though they might superficially look like just another kind of mollusc, brachiopods belonged to an entirely different phylum, one that flourished during the past but has been reduced to just a handful of species today.
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Brian Switek none@example.com 2010
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The New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) is a lake-dwelling mollusc whose females can be either sexually reproducing (requiring male 'input' for successful embryo production), or asexually reproducing (clonally reproducing without sexual activity).
Carin Bondar: No Eggs? No Problem! Carin Bondar 2012
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The New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) is a lake-dwelling mollusc whose females can be either sexually reproducing (requiring male 'input' for successful embryo production), or asexually reproducing (clonally reproducing without sexual activity).
Carin Bondar: No Eggs? No Problem! Carin Bondar 2012
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A factor must surely be that by far the majority of mollusc species are aquatic (I am assuming again) and harder to study.
Where are all the malacologists? AYDIN 2009
mollusque commented on the word mollusc
The scientific celebrities, forgetting their molluscs and glacial periods, gossiped about art, while devoting themselves to oysters and ices with characteristic energy....
--Louisa May Alcott, 1868, Little Women
November 9, 2007