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A mollusk. See Clam. [Obs.] Clamp nails, nails used to fasten on clamps in ships.

A genus of freshwater leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms.

A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium, especially C. edule, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of other genera.

A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with esophagus.

A Linnean genus of mollusks having a conical shell. See Cone, n., 4.

A group of nudibranch mollusks.

A genus of mollusks, including the cowries. See Cowrie.

A marine mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with a curved conical shell resembling a tooth. See Dentalium.

A genus of marine mollusks belonging to the Scaphopoda, having a tubular conical shell.

A group of nudibranch mollusks without special gills.

An order of lamellibranchiate mollusks having an anterior and posterior adductor muscle, as the common clam. See Bivalve.

A subclass of gastropod mollusks in which the sexes are separate. It includes most of the large marine species, like the conchs, cones, and cowries.

A genus of large univalve mollusks, including the partridge shell and tun shells.

A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks having a wreath of branchiæ on the back.

y deaf person. -- Ear vesicle (Zoöl.), a simple auditory organ, occurring in many worms, mollusks, etc. It consists of a small sac containing a fluid and one or more solid concretions or otocysts. -- Rose ear (in dogs), an ear which folds backward and shows part of the inside. -- To give ear to, to listen to; to hee…

A genus of nudibranch mollusks having clusters of branchial papillæ along the back. See Ceratobranchia. [Written also Æolis.]

A membranaceous or calcareous septum with which some mollusks close the aperture of the shell during the time of hibernation, or æstivation.

A large division of gastropod molluske, including the Pulmonifera and Opisthobranchiata.

A membranous, finlike, swimming organ, as in pteropod and heteropod mollusks.

A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; -- called also keyhole limpet.