mollusk
91Slug caterpillar — Slug Slug, n. [OE. slugge slothful, sluggen to be slothful; cf. LG. slukk low spirited, sad, E. slack, slouch, D. slak, slek, a snail.] 1. A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A hindrance; an obstruction. [Obs.] Bacon …
92Whilk — Whilk, n. [See {Whelk} a mollusk.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A kind of mollusk, a whelk. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) The scoter. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] …
93mussel — noun Etymology: Middle English muscle, from Old English muscelle, from Vulgar Latin *muscula, from Latin musculus muscle, mussel Date: before 12th century 1. a marine bivalve mollusk (especially genus Mytilus) usually having a dark elongated… …
94Gill — A gill is an anatomical structure found in many aquatic organisms. It is a respiration organ whose function is the extraction of oxygen from water and the excretion of carbon dioxide. The microscopic structure of a gill is such that it presents a …
95Gastropoda — Gastropod Temporal range: Late Cambrian–Recent[1] …
96Aragonite — is a carbonate mineral, one of the two common, naturally occurring polymorphs of calcium carbonate, CaCO3. The other polymorph is the mineral calcite. Aragonite s crystal lattice differs from that of calcite, resulting in a different crystal… …
97Halong Bay — Infobox World Heritage Site Name = Hạ Long Bay State Party = VIE Type = Natural Criteria = vii, viii ID = 672 Region = Asia Pacific Year = 1994 Session = 18th Extension = 2000 Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/672/Ha Long Bay ( vi. Vịnh Hạ… …
98Chiton — This article is about the mollusc. For the ancient Greek article of dress, see Chiton (costume). Chiton Temporal range: Devonian–Recent[1][2] …
99Long Island Sound — is an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean and various rivers in the United States that lies between the coast of Connecticut to the north and Long Island, New York to the south. The mouth of the Connecticut River at Old Saybrook, Connecticut empties… …
100Malacology — Part of a series on Zoology …
