mollusk
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Among them is Veleropilina gretchenae, a newly identified mollusk recovered from the Aleutian Trench at 6,465 meters.
From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025
To avoid being eaten, the mollusk hides with its transparent body and makes a quick escape by quickly closing its oral hood, similar to the movements of a jellyfish.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 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
It wasn’t a worm, a mollusk, or a crustacean.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 21, 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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