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Lazy; slothful. [Obs.]

Inclined to be lazy. Marston. -- Lusk"*ish*ly, adv. -Lusk"ish*ness, n. [Obs.] Spenser.

One of the Mollusca. [Written also mollusc.]

A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.

Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.

Destitute of tentacles, as certain mollusks.

A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata; the sea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. in Appendix.

An asiphonate mollusk.

A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks.

A genus of bivalve mollusks, common on the coasts of America and Europe.

A genus of small glassy heteropod mollusks found swimming at the surface in mid ocean. See Heteropod.

A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish

Having two adductor muscles, as a bivalve mollusk.

A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge, which is usually strengthened by prominences called teeth. The shell is closed by the contraction of two transverse muscles attached to the inner surface, as in the clam, -- or by one, as in the oyst…

A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus Teredo and allies, which burrows in wood. See Teredo.

ores; as, the boring of cannon; the boring of piles and ship timbers by certain marine mollusks. One of the most important applications of boring is in the formation of artesian wells. Tomlinson.

A genus of large univalve mollusks abundant in the arctic seas. It includes the common whelk (B. undatum).

e formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.

Having a head; -- applied chiefly to the Cephalata, a division of mollusks.

One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora.