If Tartlet complains, it is because he does not like mollusks!
The mollusks and Brachiopods would afford us examples too numerous to mention.
Among the mollusks we must note the evolution of the cephalopods.
Sponges, echinoderms, brachiopods, and mollusks were abundant.
The reason why some mollusks have thus lost their shells is clear enough.
We shall now turn our attention to the highest order of mollusks—the cephalopods.
This is earthy and brittle, not stony, like the shells of mollusks.
It is also found on the carapace of crabs and Limulus, and on mollusks.
mollusks, and other classes as well, differ in different latitudes.
A decided tendency to this departure from the type is a feature of the mollusks.
1783, mollusque (modern spelling from 1839), from French mollusque, from Modern Latin Mollusca (see Mollusca), the phylum name. Related: Molluscuous; molluscan.
A phylum of invertebrates with soft bodies and muscular feet. Some mollusks also have hard shells. Oysters, clams, snails, slugs, octopuses, and squid are mollusks.
