The embryo of a Vertebrate might at a certain stage of development, be called a mollusc, if for instance, it had the heart of a mollusc. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
In the waters of Florida is a distinct curiosity in the form of an altogether different mollusc which is commonly known as the. From Wordnik.com. [Tropic Days] Reference
Some 27 species of marine mollusc (64%) are endemic. From Wordnik.com. [MacQuarie Island, Australia] Reference
He moved so fast that the mollusc could not follow him. From Wordnik.com. [Venus in Danger]
And as of this morning, I'd graduated to slimy mollusc!. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
Young abalone - an edible mollusc, known locally as perlemoen. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Christopher found the mollusc very shy, the shell innutritive. From Wordnik.com. [Cruel Barbara Allen From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)] Reference
No mollusc or crustacean can produce any natural voice or sound. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
Each year the secretions of the mollusc would add new concentric circles. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea] Reference
The shell of the pearl-bearing mollusc is also composed of these two substances. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
The sponge embraces the slender mollusc so maternally that rude yawning is forbidden. From Wordnik.com. [My Tropic Isle] Reference
Marine invertebrate records for include 35 abundant species of mollusc and 190 decapods. From Wordnik.com. [Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, Mexico] Reference
It is a rotund mollusc with frail white valves, closely fitting the cavity in which it lives. From Wordnik.com. [My Tropic Isle] Reference
There is a slim mollusc never found except in association with a particular species of sponge. From Wordnik.com. [Last Leaves from Dunk Island] Reference
The creature resembled a mollusc, as he already had deduced, a species of polyps living on land. From Wordnik.com. [Venus in Danger]
Digeneans have complex life cycles, and usually have a mollusc as one of their intermediate hosts. From Wordnik.com. [Platyhelminthes] Reference
After several fruitless attempts the crew tried to pass a slip-knot round the body of the mollusc. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea] Reference
The mollusc loosened its grip and fell, falling victim to the heat he had generated with his shot. From Wordnik.com. [The Venus Trap]
Salt, rare and special so far inland, was served separately from a rare and beautiful mollusc shell. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
The spongy body of the mollusc was covered with a leathery skin on the greater part of its epidermis. From Wordnik.com. [The Venus Trap]
Ecoregion 12j has many large springs along the Snake River that support endemic fish and mollusc species. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Idaho (EPA)] Reference
It looked like a stone, but it looked like the shell of a mollusc that might be found at the seashore, too. From Wordnik.com. [The Clan of the Cave Bear]
Certainly, although it looks like a mollusc from the outside, the interior is fantastic and well worth a visit. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-01-01] Reference
One is a species of mollusc which resembles, in some respects, that to which has been given the name of SURPULA. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Beachcomber] Reference
He planted both feet against a branch of the fork and when the mollusc began to jerk him from his seat, he fired. From Wordnik.com. [The Venus Trap]
He noticed that the rocks at the top of the section had a very high percentage of fossils of living mollusc species. From Wordnik.com. [Cenozoic] Reference
This particular mollusc is known by the name of swan-mussel; the young fry are sent into the water in April and May. From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
One particularly tasty mollusc was available in such quantities it threatened to permanently expand Jon-Tom's waistline. From Wordnik.com. [The Time of the Transference]
The substance of a sensation — the consolidation of discomfort on the part of an oyster or other nacre-secreting mollusc. From Wordnik.com. [Tropic Days] Reference
In April many specimens of the mollusc known as Tapes, of which there are several species, are cast ashore, empty but fresh. From Wordnik.com. [Tropic Days] Reference
Carbon-dating has identified signs of habitation by mollusc-eating humans 40,000 years ago on Isla Espiritu Santo and I. Partida. From Wordnik.com. [Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, Mexico] Reference
At the table were two guests who had never eaten this tasty mollusc, one of whom had been pysching herself up for the preceding week!. From Wordnik.com. [At My Table] Reference
Many species of mollusc are commercially fished but the black coral Antipathes galapagensis having been overexploited is now endangered. From Wordnik.com. [Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, Mexico] Reference
Of these four genera, the mollusc, the crustacean, and the insect have all the senses: at all events, they have sight, smell, and taste. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
It contains the world's largest collection of coral reefs, with some 400 types of coral, 1,500 species of fish and 4,000 types of mollusc. From Wordnik.com. [Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, Australia] Reference
The foot of the mollusc is extended into a peduncle, consisting of fibres and tendons, by which the animal is a fixture to a spur of coral. From Wordnik.com. [My Tropic Isle] Reference
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