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• plural of mollusk.

mollusks

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1. 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.

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A radioactive wasp’s nest was found at a decommissioned nuclear worksite in South Carolina, and a thriving community of tube worms and mollusks was located at the bottom of deep-sea trenches in the Pacific.

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2025

Speaking of what makes up this most delicious and fragrant stew and despite the name, go on and include shellfish: crustaceans, mollusks or bivalves, anything you like.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2025

But as it turns out, one group of marine mollusks was way ahead of us.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 2, 2024

These tiny dark-yellowish mollusks, native to rivers in China and Southeast Asia, have already wreaked havoc in South America, and for years have kept officials and ecologists across the United States on high alert.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2024

Abalones are mollusks that cling tenaciously to rocks, and one has to pry them loose.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela