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mollusc Definition

mol·lusc (mäləsk)

noun

Related Forms:

  • molluscan mol·lus′·can (mə luskən) adjective, noun
mollusc Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • eat: The fish aquire the bacteria by grazing on the reef and eating mollusks and other invertebrates.
  • include: Larger fish will take a range of invertebrates including small mollusks and freshwater shrimps when available.
  • collect: Some of Strickland's land and freshwater mollusks collected on this tour appear to be in the collections of Cheltenham Museum.
  • call: All rocky shores around the British coast are occupied by numerous marine snails, called gastropod mollusks.
  • know: Octopuses belong to the class of marine mollusks known as the Cephalopoda.

Adjective modifier

  • gastropod: All rocky shores around the British coast are occupied by numerous marine snails, called gastropod mollusks.
  • cephalopod: Suture lines: the line marking the join between the septa and the inside wall of the shell of a cephalopod mollusk.
  • marine: Nudibranchs are a group of marine mollusks in which the adults have entirely lost their shell.
  • live: The proposal mainly concerns official controls on fresh meat and live bivalve mollusks.
  • small: Feeds chiefly on small mollusks caught by sweeping bill through soft estuarine mud.
  • large: Ballan wrasse can crush larger mollusks like mussels with special teeth in the throat.

Modifies a noun

  • shell: The most widespread deposit is clay packed with mollusk shells, termed the ' Woolwich Shell Beds ' .
  • specie: The diseases and susceptible fish / mollusk species covered by the Directive are categorized in three lists.
  • collection: The Mollusca Section at NMW, Cardiff holds one of the largest mollusk collections in Europe.
  • fauna: The reserve has a rich mollusk fauna to support the established colony of glow-worms.
  • assemblage: Mollusk assemblages were studied quantitatively along an elevation gradient at 11 localities in the mountain forest zone.
  • production: Shellfish farming in our coastal waters is concentrated on mollusk production, the main species being mussels, oysters and scallops.

Noun used with modifier

  • bivalve: These bivalve mollusks are similar in dimensions to the edible mussel.
  • freshwater: Atlas of the land and freshwater mollusks of Britain and Ireland.
  • grazing: The mass mortality of the grazing mollusks is likely to have a significant effect on the ecology of polluted shores.