Mollusk is an English word with synonyms like mollusc or shellfish. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Mollusk meaning
Alternative spelling of mollusc.
Synonyms of Mollusk
Using Mollusk
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative spelling of mollusc.
- Useful related words include: mollusc, shellfish, invertebrate.
- In the example corpus, mollusk often appears in combinations such as: of mollusk, the mollusk.
Context around Mollusk
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mollusk
- In this selection, "mollusk" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, colored, gemstones, swimming, extracting, shells and taxa stand out and add context to how "mollusk" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 248 259 mollusk neurons are and a bivalve mollusk and settles. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mollusk" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mollusk
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Some people thought it might be this bizarre, swimming mollusk. (10 words)
The mollusk creates a pearl sac to seal off the irritation. (11 words)
Some natural objects like gemstones, mollusk shells or peacock feathers are inherently colorful. (13 words)
Once he shucks his millionth oyster — a detail that he logs in a little book, to show that he’s been counting every single mollusk for years — Adam storms out of the restaurant to begin his comeback on the European dining scene. (42 words)
The chiton mollusk, which is about 1 to 2 inches long, has a series of eight large plates and is ringed by a girdle of smaller, more flexible scales. (29 words)
It is thought that natural pearls form under a set of accidental conditions when a microscopic intruder or parasite enters a bivalve mollusk and settles inside the shell. (28 words)
Example sentences (15)
Chemically speaking, its formation begins with a mollusk extracting calcium and carbonate ions from water.
Shellder gains the pre-evolution Clamide, a Water-type that's a pink-colored mollusk with a playful look.
Some natural objects like gemstones, mollusk shells or peacock feathers are inherently colorful.
Some people thought it might be this bizarre, swimming mollusk.
Once he shucks his millionth oyster — a detail that he logs in a little book, to show that he’s been counting every single mollusk for years — Adam storms out of the restaurant to begin his comeback on the European dining scene.
The chiton mollusk, which is about 1 to 2 inches long, has a series of eight large plates and is ringed by a girdle of smaller, more flexible scales.
Scientists studied the metabolic and extinction rates of mollusk taxa because the animals are abundant in the fossil record.
It is thought that natural pearls form under a set of accidental conditions when a microscopic intruder or parasite enters a bivalve mollusk and settles inside the shell.
Many of the stages are named after marine animals (e.g. the Littorina mollusk ) that are clear markers of changing water temperatures and salinity.
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 95: 248-259 Mollusk neurons are able to detect increasing pressures and tissue trauma.
The mollusk creates a pearl sac to seal off the irritation.
The mollusk, irritated by the intruder, forms a pearl sac of external mantle tissue cells and secretes the calcium carbonate and conchiolin to cover the irritant.
There are also high levels of mollusk endemism. citation citation; citation; citation In 2000, about six million people lived within the Columbia's drainage basin.
These primitive walruses had much shorter canines and lived on a fish diet rather than a specialized mollusk diet like the modern walrus.
Today, a hybrid mollusk is used in both Japan and China in the production of akoya pearls.
Common combinations with mollusk
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of mollusk 2×
- the mollusk 2×