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mollusk

[mol-uhsk] / ˈmɒl əsk /
NOUN
invertebrate
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The mollusk lights up using bioluminescence when threatened to distract predators, researchers said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024

Herman is confident that his father would be happy with his adoration for the mollusk, now chronicled in this beautiful cookbook.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2024

The high presence of hearths and mollusk and fish remains in the middens suggests that the area was used for the processing and consumption of marine resources.

From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024

The oyster farmer, Will Peckham, 31, for example, left a job in corporate finance in the city to start West Robins Oyster Co., a mollusk farm in Peconic Bay about seven years ago.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2023

Some afternoons he leaves Marie-Laure in the laboratory of Dr. Geffard, an aging mollusk expert whose beard smells permanently of damp wool.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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