: any of a large phylum (Mollusca) of invertebrate animals (such as snails, clams, or squids) with a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a calcareous shell
Recent Examples on the WebThe warmly received stop-motion animation film, in which Jenny Slate voices a one-inch-tall mollusk with a googly eye, opened with $169,606 on six screens, for a per-screen average of $28,267. Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2022 The warmly received stop-motion animation film, in which Jenny Slate voices a one-inch-tall mollusk with a googly eye, opened with $169,606 on six screens, for a per-screen average of $28,267. Jake Coyle, ajc, 26 June 2022 The warmly received stop-motion animation film, in which Jenny Slate voices a one-inch-tall mollusk with a googly eye, opened with $169,606 on six screens, for a per-screen average of $28,267. Jake Coyle, USA TODAY, 26 June 2022 The mollusk was first spotted in 1969 and was subsequently eradicated in 1975. Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com, 6 July 2022 When the law was updated in 1984 under Gov. George Deukmejian, the reference to invertebrates was removed, but the new law protected the Trinity bristle snail, an invertebrate mollusk that lives on land. Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 May 2022 According to a paleontologist, a Tully Monster looks like a worm, a mollusk, an arthropod and a fish altogether. Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2022 It's presented when the train arrives at Turtle Island, which is famous for the mollusk. Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 2 May 2022 These pearls form naturally as opposed to bead-cultured pearls, which form when an artificial center is placed inside the mollusk, Science News reports. Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Nov. 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
French mollusque, from New Latin Mollusca, from Latin, neuter plural of molluscus thin-shelled (of a nut), from mollis