How to Use mollusk in a Sentence

mollusk

noun
Definition of mollusknext
  • The saga of the traveling mollusks is a long and winding one that dates back to the late 1960s.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2023
  • Turns out Lu can make anything look cool—even a mollusk shell.
    — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 24 May 2018
  • And since 2012, he's been looking at the vision of cephalopods, the class of mollusks of which cuttlefish are a part.
    — Ryan Prior, CNN, 9 Jan. 2020
  • The slimy, shell-less mollusks turned the delicate leaves to Swiss cheese, leaving trails of sticky ooze in their wake.
    — Kate Morgan, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
  • But as the oceans warm, the mollusks are migrating further north.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The researchers looked at fossilized marine mollusk shells from across the globe.
    — Fox News, 18 Dec. 2019
  • It is believed to be the only mollusk to use a non-fish host for the larvae, which are smaller than a grain of salt.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Sep. 2023
  • But there are sticky creatures that live in the ocean, like the octopus and other mollusks.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2017
  • The experience of being small, cute and unassuming is the heart of the film about a mollusk.
    — Nardos Haile, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The group seemed interested in the large photographs of mollusks all the same.
    — J. Harry Jones, Pomerado News, 26 May 2018
  • The marshmallowy mollusks were tender and melty and the sauce flavorful — but there was just a bit much of it for us.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 31 Oct. 2019
  • The fingernail-sized mollusks grow rapidly in lakes and rivers.
    — Bob Shaw, Twin Cities, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Such is the symbolic power of the mollusk that many of the people who enjoy eating them are in it for more than just the taste.
    — Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 12 July 2021
  • Playing and lying on the pink sands of Horseshoe Bay, colored by mollusks’ pink skins, is a must.
    — Dwight Brown, Essence, 11 July 2023
  • The mollusks glue on to surfaces and consume the tiny particles that native species feed on.
    — OregonLive.com, 10 Feb. 2018
  • Pearls are formed when debris gets stuck inside a mollusk.
    — Colby Martin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The gigantic mollusk has turned out to be too delicious for its own good.
    — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Tiny Nantucket Bay scallops are considered one of the finest mollusks in the world.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2023
  • So, is aquaculture the next step, farming the fast-growing mollusks?
    — National Geographic, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Females and their calves ride the sea ice north all the way through the Bering Strait into the Chukchi Sea, using ice as a platform to dive for clams and other mollusks and rest.
    — Washington Post, 9 May 2018
  • Each of the bivalve mollusks can filter between 20 and 50 gallons of water a day.
    — WSJ, 10 July 2017
  • Customers came to the Malpeque Oyster Barn for the mollusks more than the crafts, so the couple decided to replace the pottery with a restaurant.
    — Chantal Martineau, Bon Appétit, 7 Nov. 2019
  • These larvae swim to the single species that serves as their unsuspecting host: a mollusk such as a snail or limpet.
    — Sabrina Imbler, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2021
  • Both are extinct species of small cephalopod mollusks and are in abundance on Charmouth Beach.
    — David Shaftel, New York Times, 23 May 2018
  • Pearls form when a speck of sand, debris, or food particles are lodged inside a mollusk.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Acidic waters can slow the growth of or even potentially kill corals, mollusks, and some species of plankton.
    — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 18 Mar. 2019
  • Nacre, also known as mother-of-pearl, then forms a layer around the irritant to protect the mollusk.
    — Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Some bottom-dwelling sharks that feed on mollusks have teeth suited to grinding and cracking shells open.
    — Lauren Kent, CNN, 28 Nov. 2019
  • The quarter-sized mollusks are smaller than native clams that live in Montana.
    — USA TODAY, 19 July 2019
  • But further north along the Mediterranean coast, mollusks do show up at other sites from the same period.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 19 Aug. 2019

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