Definition of mollusks. Meaning of mollusks. Synonyms of mollusks

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Definition of mollusks

Mollusk
Mollusk Mol"lusk, n. [F. mollusque, L. mollusca a kind of soft nut with a thin shell, fr. molluscus soft, mollis soft. See Mollify.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the Mollusca. [Written also mollusc.]

Meaning of mollusks from wikipedia

- invertebrate animals, after Arthropoda; members are known as molluscs or mollusks (/ˈmɒləsks/). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized....
- The Mollusk is the sixth studio album by American rock band Ween, released by Elektra Records on June 24, 1997. It is a multi-genre concept album with...
- Mollusk is an unincorporated community in Lancaster County in the U. S. state of Virginia. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System:...
- mollusc or mollusk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mollusks or molluscs are invertebrate animals that make up the phylum Mollusca. Mollusk may also...
- T. 2000. The Ecology of Freshwater Molluscs. Cambridge University Press. 509 pp. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Freshwater molluscan s****...
-   Extinct in the wild (EW): 13 species   Critically endangered (CR): 581 species   Endangered (EN): 507 species   Vulnerable (VU): 879 species   Near threatened...
- contains the mollusk's gills, ****, osphradium, nephridiopores, and gonopores. The mantle cavity functions as a respiratory chamber in most mollusks. In bivalves...
- A siphon is an anatomical structure which is part of the body of aquatic molluscs in three classes: Gastropoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda (members of these...
- all mollusks are marine. There are numerous land and freshwater mollusks, see for example snail and freshwater bivalves. In addition, not all mollusks have...
- commonly known as Triton's trumpet or Triton snail. They are marine gastropod mollusks in the monotypic family Charoniidae. The common name "Triton's trumpet"...