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Definition of mollusk
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Mollusk
(n.) One of the
Mollusca.
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Walrus
::
Walrus
(n.) A very large
marine
mammal
(Trichecus
rosmarus)
of the Seal
family,
native
of the
Arctic
Ocean.
The male has long and
powerful
tusks
descending
from the upper jaw. It uses these in
procuring
food and in
fighting.
It is
hunted
for its oil,
ivory,
and skin. It feeds
largely
on
mollusks.
Called
also
morse..
Inferobranchiata
::
Inferobranchiata
(n. pl.) A
suborder
of
marine
gastropod
mollusks,
in which the gills are
between
the foot and the
mantle..
Sea Clam
::
Sea clam () Any one of the large
bivalve
mollusks
found on the open
seacoast,
especially
those of the
family
Mactridae,
as the
common
American
species.
(Mactra,
/
Spisula,
solidissima);
--
called
also beach clam, and surf
clam..
Nerite
::
Nerite
(n.) Any
mollusk
of the genus
Nerita.
Shellfish
::
Shellfish
(n.) Any
aquatic
animal
whose
external
covering
consists
of a
shell,
either
testaceous,
as in
oysters,
clams,
and other
mollusks,
or
crustaceous,
as in
lobsters
and
crabs..
Verge
::
Verge (n.) The
external
male organ of
certain
mollusks,
worms,
etc. See
Illustration
in
Appendix..
Littorina
::
Littorina
(n.) A genus of small
pectinibranch
mollusks,
having
thick
spiral
shells,
abundant
between
tides on
nearly
all rocky
seacoasts.
They feed on
seaweeds.
The
common
periwinkle
is a
well-known
example.
See
Periwinkle..
Asiphonate
::
Asiphonate
(n.) An
asiphonate
mollusk.
Midas''s Ear
::
Midas's
ear () A
pulmonate
mollusk
(Auricula,
/
Ellobium,
aurismidae);
-- so
called
from
resemblance
to a human ear..
Odontophore
::
Odontophore
(n.) A
special
structure
found in the mouth of most
mollusks,
except
bivalves.
It
consists
of
several
muscles
and a
cartilage
which
supports
a
chitinous
radula,
or
lingual
ribbon,
armed with
teeth.
Also
applied
to the
radula
alone.
See
Radula..
Univalve
::
Univalve
(n.) A shell
consisting
of one valve only; a
mollusk
whose shell is
composed
of a
single
piece,
as the
snails
and
conchs..
Borer
::
Borer (n.) Any
bivalve
mollusk
(Saxicava,
Lithodomus,
etc.) which bores into
limestone
and
similar
substances..
Spat
::
Spat (n.) A young
oyster
or other
bivalve
mollusk,
both
before
and after it first
becomes
adherent,
or such
young,
collectively..
Pedal
::
Pedal (a.) Of or
pertaining
to the foot, or to feet,
literally
or
figuratively;
specifically
(Zool.),
pertaining
to the foot of a
mollusk;
as, the pedal
ganglion..
Foot
::
Foot (n.) The
muscular
locomotive
organ of a
mollusk.
It is a
median
organ
arising
from the
ventral
region
of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in
snails.
See
Illust.
of
Buccinum..
Planorbis
::
Planorbis
(n.) Any
fresh-water
air-breathing
mollusk
belonging
to
Planorbis
and other
allied
genera,
having
shells
of a
discoidal
form..
Saxicavous
::
Saxicavous
(a.)
Boring,
or
hollowing
out,
rocks;
-- said of
certain
mollusks
which live in holes which they
burrow
in
rocks.
See
Illust.
of
Lithodomus..
Bivalve
::
Bivalve
(n.) A
mollusk
having
a shell
consisting
of two
lateral
plates
or
valves
joined
together
by an
elastic
ligament
at the
hinge,
which is
usually
strengthened
by
prominences
called
teeth.
The shell is
closed
by the
contraction
of two
transverse
muscles
attached
to the inner
surface,
as in the clam, -- or by one, as in the
oyster.
See
Mollusca..
Buccinum
::
Buccinum
(n.) A genus of large
univalve
mollusks
abundant
in the
arctic
seas. It
includes
the
common
whelk (B.
undatum).
Spoutless
::
Spoutfish
(n.) A
marine
animal
that
spouts
water;
--
applied
especially
to
certain
bivalve
mollusks,
like the long clams
(Mya),
which
spout,
or
squirt
out, water when
retiring
into their
holes..
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