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• a variation of mollusk.

mollusc

British  

/ mɒˈlʌskən, ˈmɒləsk /

noun

1. any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, having a soft unsegmented body and often a shell, secreted by a fold of skin (the mantle). The group includes the gastropods (snails, slugs, etc), bivalves (clams, mussels, etc), and cephalopods (cuttlefish, octopuses, etc)

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Other Word Forms

• mollusc-like
  adjective
• molluscan
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of mollusc

C18: via New Latin from Latin molluscus, from mollis soft

Example Sentences

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mollusc

"The blobfish had been sitting patiently on the ocean floor, mouth open waiting for the next mollusc to come through to eat," the pair said.

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2025

Chemically speaking, its formation begins with a mollusc extracting calcium and carbonate ions from water.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2024

But green groups in particular have warned about the difficulty of reviewing the large number of EU-era environmental laws, covering areas such as mollusc farming, border checks on imported salamanders, and rules for importing hay.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2023

“And I’ve got to say,” she says, “a mollusc is a nice companion.”

From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2020

It is not less real in the mollusc than in the man.

From The Speech of Monkeys by Garner, Richard Lynch