mollusc
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Origin of mollusc
C18: via New Latin from Latin molluscus, from mollis soft
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"One of the reasons I'm interested in these snails is because they're so beautiful," explained evolutionary geneticist and mollusc expert Prof Angus Davison from the University of Nottingham.
From BBC • Aug. 3, 2025
Chemically speaking, its formation begins with a mollusc extracting calcium and carbonate ions from water.
From Science Daily • Jan. 12, 2024
The mollusc deposits layers of aragonite and conchiolin, which together form nacre, also know as mother-of-pearl.
From BBC • Sep. 5, 2022
Zalasiewicz identified them as rudists, a type of mollusc that had thrived during the Cretaceous, the last period of the dinosaurs.
From The Guardian • May 30, 2019
Her nature, peaceful as that of a mollusc, was kind and had but one outstanding feature; her passionate devotion to her son Jack.
From A Bed of Roses by George, Walter Lionel
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