ALL meanings of mollusk
mol·lusk
M m - noun mollusk An invertebrate of a large phylum that includes snails, slugs, mussels, and octopuses. They have a soft, unsegmented body and live in aquatic or damp habitats, and most kinds have an external calcareous shell. 1
- noun mollusk any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body, including the chitons, snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses. 1
- noun mollusk shellfish, snail 1
- countable noun mollusk A mollusk is an animal such as a snail, clam, or octopus which has a soft body. Many types of mollusk have hard shells to protect them. 0
- noun mollusk any of a large phylum (Mollusca) of invertebrate animals, including the chitons, gastropods, cephalopods, scaphopods, and bivalves characterized by a soft, unsegmented body, typically enclosed wholly or in part in a mantle and a calcareous shell, and usually having gills and a foot 0