How to Use mollusk in a Sentence

mollusk

noun
  • Turns out Lu can make anything look cool—even a mollusk shell.
    — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 24 May 2018
  • Squid, part of the mollusk group of shellfish, is a protein-dense seafood option.
    — Lindsey Desoto, Rd, Health, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The mollusks get around by using their lone foot to pole-vault across the hard bottom, so herds need to be dense.
    — Jenny Staletovich, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2024
  • Now, the mollusk might be tapped to fight infectious diseases.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The fingernail-sized mollusks grow rapidly in lakes and rivers.
    — Bob Shaw, Twin Cities, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Cocaine can be toxic to mollusks, crustaceans, and bony fish.
    — Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 19 July 2024
  • The gigantic mollusk has turned out to be too delicious for its own good.
    — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Rocks, sand dollars, coquina mollusks — anything the ocean gave up.
    — CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • But there are sticky creatures that live in the ocean, like the octopus and other mollusks.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Pearls form when a speck of sand, debris, or food particles are lodged inside a mollusk.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Alok and Fuzz fight, too, with the mollusk escaping in a tiny shuttle.
    — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The whole process is similar to how corals and mollusks build their shells, according to the team.
    — Michael Irving, New Atlas, 19 Mar. 2025
  • But the reef’s value would be diminished if, say, disease were to wipe the mollusks out.
    — Saqib Rahim, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Bathed in anchovy broth, the mollusks are roasted in the wood oven, picking up toasty aromas.
    — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The mollusks can change their skin color on demand, and can even create a body double from a cloud of ink.
    — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
  • Some bottom-dwelling sharks that feed on mollusks have teeth suited to grinding and cracking shells open.
    — Lauren Kent, CNN, 28 Nov. 2019
  • The mollusks were lodged headfirst in the muck, with only their hollow, stick-like shells poking out.
    — Carrie Arnold, National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2017
  • So, is aquaculture the next step, farming the fast-growing mollusks?
    — National Geographic, 27 Feb. 2020
  • 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
  • The mollusks glue on to surfaces and consume the tiny particles that native species feed on.
    — OregonLive.com, 10 Feb. 2018
  • So even a creature as apparently simple as a mollusk still has a lot to teach us about how to build our world.
    — Caitlin Kennedy, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Many species eat mollusks, worms and other invertebrates that hide under the sand of the seafloor.
    — Jeanne Timmons, Scientific American, 19 July 2024
  • 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 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
  • Acidic waters can slow the growth of or even potentially kill corals, mollusks, and some species of plankton.
    — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 18 Mar. 2019
  • The quarter-sized mollusks are smaller than native clams that live in Montana.
    — USA TODAY, 19 July 2019
  • Fish and mollusks were prevalent in the funerary practices of Ur.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Fish and mollusks were prevalent in the funerary practices of Ur.
    — Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
  • The experience of being small, cute and unassuming is the heart of the film about a mollusk.
    — Nardos Haile, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2023

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