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mollusc
/ ˈmɒləsk; mɒˈlʌskən /
noun
- 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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Derived Forms
- ˈmollusc-ˌlike, adjective
- molluscan, adjectivenoun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mollusc1
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Example Sentences
They were as two horns which the sluggish heath had put forth from its crown, like a mollusc, and had now again drawn in.
Some of these holes are the empty burrows of a boring mollusc, while others still contain the living animal in situ.
The mollusc Cyrena fluminalis, indicative of a sub-tropical climate, has been found in these strata.
Radula, rad′ū-la, n. the tongue or lingual ribbon of a mollusc.
The bent form of the embryonic heart recalls the heart of spiders; it lies at first free, as in the mollusc Anomia.
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