Mantle

Mantle

A membranous or muscular structure in mollusks that surrounds the visceral mass and secretes a shell if one is present.

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Category: Coral reefs
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mantle

Energy; Geothermal

The Earth's inner layer of molten rock, lying beneath the Earth's crust and above the Earth's core of liquid iron and nickel.

mantle

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A membranous or muscular structure in mollusks that surrounds the visceral mass and secretes a shell if one is present.

mantle

Education; SAT vocabulary

A cloak.

mantle

Biology; Cell biology

In mollusks, a membranous or muscular structure that surrounds the visceral mass and secretes a shell if one is present.

mantle

Science; General science

The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core. The mantle has an upper part that is partially molten.

mantle

Sports; Climbing

A move used to surmount a ledge or feature in the rock in the absence of any useful holds directly above. It involves pushing down on a ledge or feature instead of pulling down. ...

nodulose

Natural environment; Coral reefs

With small nodules, knobs or swellings.

fissure

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A deep and narrow depression cutting across the reef front with origins relating to jointing planes in the reef limestone or non-limestone bedrock.

damselfish

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A large family (Pomacentridae) of bony fishes which are abundant and common inhabitants of coral reefs. They possess robust, deep, and laterally compressed bodies. The majority of ...

complementary resources

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A pair of resources for which consumption by the consumer of one resource reduces its requirement for the other.

antennule

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A small antenna, especially the first pair of antennae in crustaceans.

odontophore

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A tooth-bearing structure found in most mollusks, except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a cartilage which support the radula and radula sac; the term is also applied ...

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