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Resembling the true mollusks; belonging to the Molluscoidea. -- n.

A monoecious animal, as certain mollusks.

Any mollusk which has a shell composed of more than two pieces.

A genus of bivalve mollusks, including the common long, or soft-shelled, clam.

A division of bivalve mollusks of which the common clam (Mya) is the type.

a. -- Naked flooring (Carp.), the timberwork which supports a floor. Gwilt. -- Naked mollusk (Zoöl.), a nudibranch. -- Naked wood (Bot.), a large rhamnaceous tree (Colibrina reclinata) of Southern Florida and the West Indies, having a hard and heavy heartwood, which takes a fine polish. C. S. Sargent.…

A mollusk, or shell, of the genus Nautilus or family Nautilidæ.

A division of vermiform gastropod mollusks, without a shell, belonging to the Isopleura.

Any mollusk of the genus Nerita.

A division of nudibranchiate mollusks having gills upon the back.

A visceral mass, containing the stomach and other organs, in Tunicata and some mollusks.

A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks, having no shell except while very young. The gills are naked and situated upon the back or sides. See Ceratobranchia.

A special structure found in the mouth of most mollusks, except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a cartilage which supports a chitinous radula, or lingual ribbon, armed with teeth. Also applied to the radula alone. See Radula.

An egg case, especially those of many kinds of mollusks, and of some insects, as the cockroach. Cf. Ooecium.

Producing an operculum; -- said of the foot, or part of the foot, of certain mollusks.

A division of bivalve mollusks including the oysters and allied shells.

Otter sheep. See Ancon sheep, under Ancon. -- Otter shell (Zoöl.), very large bivalve mollusk (Schizothærus Nuttallii) found on the northwest coast of America. It is excellent food, and is extensively used by the Indians. -- Sea otter. (Zoöl.) See in the Vocabulary.

Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea. They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common European oyster (Ostrea edulis), and the American oyster (Ostrea Virginiana), are the most important species.…

Of or pretaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle of mollusks; produced by the mantle; as, the pallial line, or impression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the inner surface of a bivalve shell. See Illust. of Bivalve. Pallial chamber (Zoöl.), the cavity inclosed by the mantle. -- Pallial sinus (Zoöl.)…

Any one of numerous species of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks, belonging to Paludina, Melantho, and allied genera. They have an operculated shell which is usually green, often with brown bands. See Illust. of Pond snail, under Pond.