One of the more interesting mollusks to be found in the reefs is the giant clam.

在珊瑚礁内能找到的有趣的软体动之一就蛤蚌。

Pearls contain a mixture of protein and calcium carbonate secreted by certain types of molluscs.

珍珠某些类的软体动分泌的碳酸钙同蛋白质一起构成的混合。

Oysters are soft-bodied invertebrates belonging to the phylum mollusca.

牡蛎软体动门下的软体无脊椎动。

So they studied how the mollusk moves.

因此他们研究了软体动的移动方式。

A giant fish needs a moderately-sized mollusc, thousands of miles away.

一条体庞大的鱼会需要一种中等大小，远在千里之外的软体动。

That encourages the growth of planktonic algae, and thus of everything that feeds on such plankton, or feeds on what feeds on them, including jellyfish, and also various molluscs and crustacea that loggerheads enjoy as an appetiser.

这有利于浮游藻类生长，因此也有利于以这些浮游生为食的动，或以这些动为食的动生长，包括水母，还有各种各样的软体动和甲壳动，这些都红海龟的最爱。

To protect itself from the invader, the mollusk starts to coat the debris with nacre, or mother-of-pearl, the same material that lines the inner layer of its shell.

为了保护自己免受入侵者的伤害，软体动开始在碎屑上涂上珍珠质，或珍珠母，这种材料与软体动外壳内层的材料相同。

His undoing began when a committee of the Royal Society-a committee of which he happened to be chairman decided to award him its highest honor, the Royal Medal, for a paper he had written on an extinct mollusc called the belemnite.

英国皇家学会的一个委员会——欧文恰好该委员会的主席决定授予他最高的荣誉：英国皇家勋，他写的一篇关于一种名叫箭石的、已经绝种的软体动的论文。

They were as two horns which the sluggish heath had put forth from its crown, like a mollusc, and had now again drawn in.

两个人好像软体动一般懒怠的荒原伸出来的一对触角，现在又把它们缩了回去。

By measuring the rings on this mollusk's shell, the team was able to put a precise number on the history of this process.

通过数这个软体动壳上的年轮，研究团队能对这一过程的历史长度给出一个精确的数字。

Some can swing their appendages so fast that the impact rivals that of a. 22-caliber bullet, shattering mollusk shells or even aquarium glass.

有些螳螂虾能以极快的速度挥动附肢，其冲击力可与 。22 口径子弹相媲美，足以击碎软体动的外壳，甚至打破水族箱玻璃。

It was during the night of December 9-10 that the Nautilus encountered this army of distinctly nocturnal mollusks.

就在12月9日和10 日夜间，诺第留斯号碰见一大群喜欢夜出的软体动。

The 200 or so species of octopuses are mollusks belonging to the order Cephalopoda, Greek for head-feet.

鱼大约有 200 种品种，属於「头足纲」的软体动，希腊语就「头足」的意思。

One of the more interesting mollusks to be found in the reefs is a giant clam.

在礁区中发现的一种较有趣的软体动海蚌。

Another very interesting influence is when a pearl is cultured, there is a donor tissue used from another living mollusk, and depending on the color of that tissue, it will influence the color of the final cultured pearl.

另一个非常有趣的影响因素，在养殖珍珠时，会使用来自其他活体软体动的供体组织，该组织的颜色会影响最终养殖珍珠的颜色。

They opened up this mollusk's secrets by drilling a small hole in its shell with a laser and analyzing the pattern of the growth.

他们用激光在贝壳上钻了个小洞并分析其生长模式，从而揭开了这种软体动的秘密。

Its navigating was marked by an encounter with an immense school of squid, unusual mollusks that are near neighbors of the cuttlefish.

这次航行碰见了一大群抢乌贼，这很奇异的软体动，跟墨鱼很相像。

In the Pantanal, there really is plenty for everyone, and it's all thanks to a mollusc.

在潘塔纳尔，食真的很充足这全都一种软体动的功劳。

Natural pearls form when some kind of irritant, usually a small organism, makes its way into the shell of a mollusk like an oyster or a mussel.

当某种刺激，（通常一种小生），进入牡蛎或贻贝等软体动的外壳时，天然珍珠就可以形成了。

By leaving the pearl buried beneath the giant clam's mantle, he allowed it to grow imperceptibly. With each passing year the mollusk's secretions added new concentric layers.

把这颗珍珠塞在那只车渠的衣膜里面，无形中这珠就可以渐渐大起来了。每年，那软体动的分泌都在环绕珍珠周围的薄膜上累积起来。