mollusc
English Thesaurus
1. invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | invertebrate, |
| definition | : | any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | scaphopod, |
| definition | : | burrowing marine mollusk (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | gastropod, univalve, |
| definition | : | a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod, |
| definition | : | marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cephalopod, cephalopod mollusk, |
| definition | : | marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | carapace, cuticle, shell, shield, |
| definition | : | hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | shellfish, |
| definition | : | meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean) (noun.food) |
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