Definitions for mollusk

mollusk mol·lusk

Spelling: [mol-uh sk]
IPA: /ˈmɒl əsk/

Mollusk is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 73 anagrams from letters in mollusk (kllmosu).

Definitions for mollusk

noun

  1. 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.

Origin of mollusk

1775-85; French mollusque New Latin Mollusca; see Mollusca

Examples for mollusk

"A mollusk," said the chaplain, bringing out the word emphatically.

He desired the shell of the mollusk that burrowed in the cleft of the cliff.

The mollusk also, the Arion, is anything but an ardent consumer.

First of all, the insect, like the mollusk, has an external skeleton.

It is n't a mollusk's shell, either; it 's a caddice-worm's shell.

The mollusk has years in which to build her spiral, so she makes it very perfectly.

He had lain there in the sand for some time, as motionless as a mollusk at low water.

He had a heart of gold, a silver tongue, and the spine of a mollusk.

It is a mollusk because it has a mantle, a foot, and a radula.

Does not a bird possess a higher degree of life than a mollusk, or a turtle?

Word Value for mollusk
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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