-
nouninvertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shelltype of:
Definition that contains mollusc
- shell the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
- valve one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods
- valve the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs
- spawn the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs
- marine creature any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals
- conchologist a collector and student of mollusc shells
- sea creature any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals
- pearl diver a diver who searches for molluscs containing pearls
- conchology the collection and study of mollusc shells
- shell collecting the collection and study of mollusc shells