mollusc BrE
mollusk AmE

There have been found 38 species of molluscs in the reserve.

No prints of any kind, not even birds or molluscs.

In 1987, they were officially recognized as molluscs and given their own class.

A snail is a common name for a kind of mollusc.

He was particularly interested in the mollusc species of Japan.

The mollusc usually lies on its left side when feeding.

With your music and my unerring business sense, the world is our mollusc!

This is mainly used by animals with less intelligence, such as molluscs.

Small fish, oil droplets and molluscs are also taken by many species.

Today there are about 60,000 different species of molluscs.

Of the two, the bivalve molluscs are much the most significant in the sea today.

Molluscs are the second most important group of marine aquaculture products.

In 1833 he wrote a first paper on the terrestrial molluscs of Algeria.

In these many new species, were described mainly insects and molluscs.

During his lifetime he described 43 new marine species, 31 of which were molluscs.

The region is rich in sea life, with more than 4,000 species of marine molluscs.

In the morning the molluscs usually turn right; at other times they turn left more often.

Her own eyes, she knows, have become highly sensitive, ready to close like a wary mollusc.

I like also much the general remarks towards the end of the volume on the land molluscs.

The mollusc was motionless, but around it half the fern.

They usually feed close to the ground, on molluscs, insects and berries.

In other species, whole food items such as molluscs may be ingested.

Interested in the biology of molluscs, he studied medicine and natural science.

Cabbage consumption reduced over time, followed by the death of the molluscs.

This ability appears to be restricted to related mollusc species.

He wrote a paper on the mollusks of Panama in 1917.

Therefore these small mollusks are less well known than the larger ones.

For the next four weeks the man had clung to her like a mollusk.

He thought for a moment, his eyes opening and closing like mollusks.

Although interested in all of natural history, her specialty was mollusks.

Along with snails, they are members of the mollusk family.

The climate during this time would have supported these mollusks.

Among other things they jointly described about 70 new mollusk species.

She simply withdrew, pulling in on herself like a mollusk.

In mollusks, there appears to be no specificity at all.

The mollusks started arriving early in the month and are even more plentiful now.

"It's sort of like your attitude toward mollusks," he said.

Over exploitation of the mollusk is the main reason behind the drop in production.

Local bodies of fresh water were inhabited by mollusks at the time.

Peter runs up the mountain with the Mollusks on his tail.

It is common in reptiles, most fish, and many mollusks.

She was an expert on the evolution of marine mollusks.

The progression from mollusk to gem has never been easy.

Pearls are a kind of material made by mollusks, like oysters.

This is one of the most endangered mollusk species in Italy.

These slippery mollusks hide during the day and feed at night.

These mollusks crawl under boards and rocks during the day.

I have not invented the unusually large mollusk in Chapter 12.

They will sometimes make their home on dead mollusks or other shelled creatures.

He said the easiest way to avoid any risk is never to eat raw mollusks.