mollusk
Definitions of mollusk
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invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shellsynonyms: schelpvis, weekdier, zeevruchtentypes:inktvismarine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentaclesstoottand, stoottandjeany of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowingslakfreshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shellslakany of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shellzeeslakany of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored bodybolderikcommon edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribsoestermarine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal watersmosselmarine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc.feston, kalfsoesteredible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motionsboormosselmarine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells
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