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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

The boy’s family in rural Edmond, Oklahoma, humored him with toy versions of an eight-legged mollusk, but as Cal got older it became clear that only the real thing would do.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 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

Home plate was tilted up and stamped on top with a cracked mollusk fossil.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt




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