How to Use mollusk in a Sentence

mollusk

noun

• 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 researchers also found crushed mollusk shells and various stone tools, believed to be used in the dye-making process.
  — Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 26 June 2024
• On days when the family can be together, everyone has his or her own role when working mollusks.
  — Joseph Robertia, Alaska Dispatch News, 8 Nov. 2015
• Filter-feeding mollusks can concentrate the toxins in their tissues.
  — National Geographic, 17 May 2016
• The mammal’s teeth hint that Siamogale was a mollusk eater, Wang points out, similar to modern sea otters.
  — Brian Switek, Smithsonian, 23 Jan. 2017
• The mammal’s teeth hint that Siamogale was a mollusk eater, Wang points out, similar to modern sea otters.
  — Brian Switek, Smithsonian, 23 Jan. 2017
• A group of Purdue researchers set out to copy the mollusk's water-resistant adhesive strength by using that amino acid in their own work.
  — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 14 Mar. 2017
• Unlike those more well-known sharks, chimaeras don’t have rows of ragged teeth, but instead munch up their prey—mollusks, worms, and other bottom-dwellers—with mineralized tooth plates.
  — National Geographic, 15 Dec. 2016
• The eight-armed mollusks are notoriously curious and border on mischievous.
  — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 4 July 2024
• And, with its short 87.0-inch wheelbase, the Geo was astoundingly maneuverable, a proper mountain mollusk.
  — Car and Driver, 30 Nov. 2016
• This new environment supported high concentrations of wildlife, including sea otter prey species—such as crabs, mollusks and sea urchins—that were able to increase in size and abundance in the absence of sea otters.
  — Smithsonian, 21 Apr. 2017
• 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

Last Updated: 12 Aug 2024