Noun: mollusk mó-lusk
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: mollusc)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: mollusc)
- Invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
"The mollusk retracted into its shell when disturbed";
- mollusc, shellfish
Derived forms: mollusks
Type of: invertebrate
Part of: Mollusca, phylum Mollusca
Encyclopedia: Mollusk, Virginia