mollusc
/ˈmɑləsk/
noun
- An animal with a soft body, often protected by a hard shell, such as a snail, clam, or octopus.
- An octopus is a clever mollusc with no outer shell.
- The garden was full of small molluscs like snails and slugs.
- Clams and oysters are molluscs that live in the ocean.