Mollusks Word Search
This Mollusks word search hides 12 words on a 15×15 grid — the habitats, species, and behaviors of an animal group. Trace each one with a finger or mouse and it locks in as soon as the whole word is covered. No signup, no download.
Words to find: GASTROPODA, BIVALVIA, CEPHALOPODA, MOLLUSK, SHELL, MANTLE, RADULA, FOOT, GILL, SIPHON, OPERCULUM, TENTACLE.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Mollusks word list, defined
- MOLLUSK /ˈmɒləsk/ (British English), /ˈmɑːləsk/ (American English) · noun
- A soft-bodied invertebrate animal, typically one with a hard shell, belonging to the taxonomic group Mollusca. The group includes snails, slugs, clams, oysters, squids, and octopuses. Related: shellfish.
- SHELL /ʃɛl/ · noun, verb
- A shell is a hard or rigid outer covering, especially that of a mollusc, egg, seed, or animal. As a verb, to shell can mean to remove something from its shell, or to fire shells from a weapon or bomb a place with shells. Related: casing, hull, husk, covering.
- MANTLE /ˈmæntəl/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, a mantle is a cloak or other covering, especially one worn over the shoulders and fastened around the neck; it can also mean a covering or layer, such as the region beneath Earth's crust. As a verb, to mantle something means to cover or conceal it. Related: cloak, cape, cover, covering.
- FOOT /fʊt/ · noun, verb
- The lower extremity of the leg below the ankle, on which a person stands or walks; also a unit of length equal to twelve inches (0.3048 metres). Related: hoof, paw.
- GILL /ɡɪl/ · noun, verb
- A gill is chiefly the respiratory organ of a fish or other aquatic animal; by extension, the word can also refer to the plate-like structures beneath a mushroom's cap, a small unit of liquid measure, or a narrow rocky cleft. As a verb, gill means to remove the gills from a fish. Related: branchia.
- SIPHON /ˈsaɪfən/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, a siphon is a tube or pipe that carries liquid, especially from a higher to a lower level, using gravity and atmospheric pressure. As a verb, it means to draw off liquid through such a device or, figuratively, to divert resources or money. Related: drain, decant, draw off, tap.
- OPERCULUM /əˈpɜːrkjʊləm/ · noun
- A lid, flap, or other structure that closes or covers an opening. The term is used especially for the bony gill cover of fishes, the movable plate of a barnacle, and the lid of a moss capsule. Related: cover, lid, flap, plate.
- TENTACLE /ˈtɛntəkəl/ · noun
- A slender, flexible, usually elongated appendage of certain animals, especially invertebrates, used for sensing, gripping, feeding, moving, or anchoring. By extension, the word refers metaphorically to a grasping or intrusive reach. Related: feeler, feelers, tentacule.
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