* MOLLUSKS * CLAM to dig for clams (bivalve mollusks) [v CLAMMED, CLAMMING, CLAMS] PAUA a large New Zealand shellfish, an abalone [n -S] SLUG to strike heavily [v SLUGGED, SLUGGING, SLUGS] : SLUGGER(s) BELON a flat oyster [n -S] CAPIZ a bivalve mollusk [n -ES] COHOG a {quahog=n} [n -S] : COHOG QUAHAUG QUAHOG QUOHOG CONCH a marine mollusk [n -S or -ES] COWRY a glossy seashell [n -RIES] : COWRIE CULCH an oyster bed [n -ES] MUREX a marine mollusk [n -RICES or -REXES] NACRE the pearly internal layer of certain shells [n -S] : NACRED, NACREOUS [adj] ORMER an {abalone=n} [n -S] PEARL to adorn with pearls (smooth, rounded masses formed in certain mollusks) [v -ED, -ING, -S] SHELL to divest of a shell (a hard outer covering) [v -ED, -ING, -S] : SHELLY, SHELLER(s) SHUCK to remove the husk or shell from [v -ED, -ING, -S] SNAIL to move slowly [v -ED, -ING, -S] SQUID to fish for squid (ten-armed marine mollusks) [v SQUIDDED, SQUIDDING, SQUIDS] WHELK a {pustule=n} [n -S] / a seashell : WHELKY CHITON a tunic worn in ancient Greece [n -S] / a loricate mollusc CLAMMY cold and damp [adj CLAMMIER, CLAMMIEST] : CLAMMILY [adv] COCKLE to wrinkle or pucker [v -LED, -LING, -LES] CONCHA an anatomical shell-like structure [n -CHAE] : CONCHAL [adj] / an ornamental disk [n -S] CONCHO concha (ornamental disk) [n -CHOS] CONCHY a conscientious objector [n -CHIES] : CONCHIE COWRIE {cowry=n} [n -S] GWEDUC {geoduck=n} [n -S] : GEODUCK GWEDUC GWEDUCK HEISHI tiny beads made from shells [n] LIMPET a type of {mollusk=n} [n -S] LORICA a protective covering or shell [n -E or -S] : LORICATE(s) LORICATED MUSSEL a bivalve mollusk [n -S] OYSTER to gather oysters (edible mollusks) [v -ED, -ING, -S] : OYSTERER(s) QUAHOG an edible clam [n -S] : COHOG QUAHAUG QUAHOG QUOHOG QUOHOG {quahog=n} [n -S] : COHOG QUAHAUG QUAHOG QUOHOG RADULA a tonguelike organ of mollusks [n -LAE or -LAS] : RADULAR [adj] RUDIST a cone-shaped extinct mollusk [n -S] : RUDISTID(s) SHELLY abounding in {seashells=n} [adj SHELLIER, SHELLIEST] TEREDO a bivalve mollusk [n -DOS or -DINES] TRITON a marine mollusk [n -S] WAKIKI shell money of the South Sea Islands [n -S] WHELKY marked with whelks [adj WHELKIER, WHELKIEST] ABALONE an edible shellfish [n -S] BIVALVE a bivalved mollusk [n -S] : BIVALVED CALAMAR {calamary=n} [n -S] : CALAMAR CALAMARI CALAMARY CLAMMER one that {clams=v} [n -S] CONCHIE {conchy=n} [n -S] COQUINA a small marine clam [n -S] DEBEARD to remove filaments from a mussel [v -ED, -ING, -S] ESCALOP to {escallop=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] : ESCALOP ESCALLOP ESCALOPE SCALLOP SCOLLOP GEODUCK a large, edible clam [n -S] : GEODUCK GWEDUC GWEDUCK GWEDUCK {geoduck=n} [n -S] : GEODUCK GWEDUC GWEDUCK MOLLUSC {mollusk=n} [n -S] : MOLLUSCAN(s) MOLLUSCA MOLLUSK any of a phylum of soft-bodied invertebrates [n -S] : MOLLUSKAN(s) OCTOPOD any of an order of eight-armed mollusks [n -S] : OCTOPODAN(s) OCTOPUS a nocturnal octopod [n -PUSES, -PI, or -PODES] PIDDOCK a bivalve mollusk [n -S] QUAHAUG {quahog=n} [n -S] : COHOG QUAHAUG QUAHOG QUOHOG SCALLOP to bake in a sauce topped with bread crumbs [v -ED, -ING, -S] : ESCALOP ESCALLOP ESCALOPE SCALLOP SCOLLOP , SCALLOPER(s) SCALLOPINGS SCOLLOP to {scallop=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] : ESCALOP ESCALLOP ESCALOPE SCALLOP SCOLLOP SHELLER one that {shells=v} [n -S] SLUGGER one that {slugs=v} [n -S] SPIRULA a spiral-shelled mollusk [n -LAE or -LAS] UNSHELL to remove the shell from [v -ED, -ING, -S] VELIGER a larval stage of certain mollusks [n -S] AMMONITE the coiled shell of an extinct mollusk [n -S] : AMMONOID(s) AMMONOID {ammonite=n} [n -S] ARGONAUT a marine mollusk [n -S] BIVALVED having a two-valved shell [adj] CALAMARI squid used as food [n -S] : CALAMAR CALAMARI CALAMARY CALAMARY a squid [n -MARIES] : CALAMAR CALAMARI CALAMARY CLAMBAKE a beach picnic [n -S] CLAMLIKE resembling a clam [adj] CLAMWORM a marine worm [n -S] CLEIDOIC enclosed in a shell [adj] CONCHOID a type of geometric curve [n -S] : CONCHOIDAL COQUILLE a cooking utensil [n -S] DENTALIA mollusks with long, tapering shells [n] ESCALLOP to {scallop=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] : ESCALOP ESCALLOP ESCALOPE SCALLOP SCOLLOP ESCALOPE to {escallop=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] : ESCALOP ESCALLOP ESCALOPE SCALLOP SCOLLOP ESCARGOT an edible snail [n -S] EYESTONE a disk used to remove foreign matter from the eye [n -S] HALIOTES HALIOTIS, a mollusk with an ear-shaped shell [n] HALIOTIS a mollusk with an ear-shaped shell [n HALIOTIS] / an abalone [n HALIOTES or HALIOTISES] LIMACINE resembling a type of mollusk [adj] LIMEKILN a furnace in which shells are burned to produce lime [n -S] LORICATE an animal having a lorica [n -S], LORICATED [adj] MOLLUSCA [n] NAUTILUS a spiral-shelled mollusk [n -LUSES or -LI] OYSTERER one that gathers or sells oysters [n -S] : OYSTERMAN OYSTERMEN PTEROPOD a type of {mollusk=n} [n -S] RAMSHORN a snail used as an aquarium scavenger [n -S] ROSESLUG a larval sawfly that eats rose leaves [n -S] RUDISTID a rudist (a cone-shaped extinct mollusk) [n -S] SEASHELL the shell of a marine mollusk [n -S] SHIPWORM a wormlike mollusk [n -S] SLUGABED one inclined to stay in bed out of laziness [n -S] SLUGFEST a vigorous fight [n -S] SLUGGARD an habitually lazy person [n -S] : SLUGGARDLY SLUGGISH displaying little movement or activity [adj] : SLUGGISHLY TRIVALVE a type of shell [n -S] UNIVALVE a mollusk having a single shell [n -S] BILHARZIA snail fever [n -S], BILHARZIAL [adj] : BILHARZIASIS CLAMSHELL [n -S] GASTROPOD [n -S] LAMPSHELL a brachipod [n -S] LORICATED [adj] MOLLUSCAN [n -S] MOLLUSCUM a skin disease [n -CA] MOLLUSKAN [n -S] NAUTILOID [n -S] OCTOPODAN an octopod [n -S] OYSTERING gathering oysters [n -S] OYSTERMAN an oysterer [n OYSTERMEN] PULMONATE [n -S] SCALLOPER [n -S] SCAPHOPOD tusk shells [n -S] SHELLBACK [n -S] SHELLBARK [n -S] SHELLFIRE [n -S] SHELLWORK [n -S] SNAILLIKE BRACHIOPOD [n -S] CEPHALOPOD [n -S] CLAMMINESS [n -ES] CONCHOIDAL CONCHOLOGY the study of mollusc shells [n -GIES] CUTTLEBONE [n -S] CUTTLEFISH [n -ES] MALACOLOGY the study of molluscs [n -GIES], MALACOLOGICAL, MALACOLOGIST NUDIBRANCH a sea slug [n -S] PERIWINKLE [n -S] SCALLOPINI [n -S] SCALOPPINE [n -S] SHELLPROOF SLUGGARDLY SLUGGISHLY WENTLETRAP [n -S] COCKLESHELL [n -S] SCALLOPINGS SCALLOPING, SCALLOP, to bake in a sauce topped with bread crumbs [n] BILHARZIASIS {bilharzia=n} [n BILHARZIASES] CONCHOIDALLY CONCHOLOGIST [n -S] MALACOLOGIST [n -S] MOLLUSCICIDE a snail killer [n -S], MOLLUSCICIDAL SHELLCRACKER [n -S] SHELLFISHERY [n -RIES] SLUGGARDNESS [n -ES] SLUGGISHNESS [n -ES] MALACOLOGICAL OYSTERCATCHER a bird [n -S] SCHISTOSOMIASIS {bilharzia=n} [n SCHISTOSOMIASES] * List compiled from OWL3 + OWL2 + Long List by Rebecca Slivka