mollusk
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Among the animals they discovered living off the carcasses were jellyfish, brittle stars, bone-boring worms and molluscs called bivalves.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
"This fungus gives an opportunity to save these unique moss landscapes that are homes for insects, fungi, molluscs, other plants," explains Smith.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
In the oceans, molluscs and crocodilians radiated into diverse new forms.
From Salon • Feb. 17, 2025
The tiny molluscs are native to the windswept, mountainous island of Deserta Grande, just south-east of Madeira.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2024
It was another turtle, a homed turtle of enormous size, its dark green shell mottled with brown and overgrown with water moss and crusty black river molluscs.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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