How to Use mollusk in a Sentence

mollusk

noun

• Rocks, sand dollars, coquina mollusks — anything the ocean gave up.
  — CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
• But the reef’s value would be diminished if, say, disease were to wipe the mollusks out.
  — Saqib Rahim, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2024
• 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
• But the mussels were found again in October 2023, and CPW planned to drain the lake to kill the mollusks.
  — Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 18 July 2024
• The mollusks get around by using their lone foot to pole-vault across the hard bottom, so herds need to be dense.
  — Jenny Staletovich, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2024
• 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
• Squid, part of the mollusk group of shellfish, is a protein-dense seafood option.
  — Lindsey Desoto, Rd, Health, 9 Sep. 2024
• 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 mollusks were lodged headfirst in the muck, with only their hollow, stick-like shells poking out.
  — Carrie Arnold, National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2017
• 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
• Many species eat mollusks, worms and other invertebrates that hide under the sand of the seafloor.
  — Jeanne Timmons, Scientific American, 19 July 2024
• With a dark shell on top and a lighter side on the bottom, the mollusks blend in with the seagrass and make for a challenging treasure hunt for those who seek them out.
  — Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2024
• The gigantic mollusk has turned out to be too delicious for its own good.
  — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2021
• The hungry mollusks have created dead spots in areas of the Great Lakes, where no life remains.
  — Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 22 July 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 30 Nov 2024