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mollusk

[mol-uhsk] / ˈmɒl əsk /
NOUN
invertebrate
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This humble mollusk is a vital source of income and nutrition for many coastal residents.

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 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

These compacted layers of mollusk fossils always amaze his students, another humble reminder that everything California is standing and building on was underwater in a previous chapter of this planet’s history.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2023

Decades later, it was found by scientists, who marveled at the appearance of this perfectly preserved ocean mollusk in the middle of a desert.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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