mollusk
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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
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
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
It wasn’t a worm, a mollusk, or a crustacean.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 21, 2023
The really old ones came from the shell of a sea mollusk.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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