mollusc

US mollusk

/ (ˈmɒləsk) /

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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 of mollusc

molluscan or US molluskan (mɒˈlʌskən), adjective, nounmollusc-like or US mollusk-like, adjective

Word Origin for mollusc

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

Words nearby mollusc

Mollie, Mollier diagram, mollify, mollisol, mollities, mollusc, Mollusca, molluscoid, molluscous, molluscum, molluscum contagiosum

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They were as two horns which the sluggish heath had put forth from its crown, like a mollusc, and had now again drawn in.
Return of the Native|Thomas Hardy
Some of these holes are the empty burrows of a boring mollusc, while others still contain the living animal in situ.
The Sea Shore|William S. Furneaux
The mollusc Cyrena fluminalis, indicative of a sub-tropical climate, has been found in these strata.
Prehistoric Man|W. L. H. Duckworth
Radula, rad′ū-la, n. the tongue or lingual ribbon of a mollusc.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various

The bent form of the embryonic heart recalls the heart of spiders; it lies at first free, as in the mollusc Anomia.
Form and Function|E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

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