Mollusca
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Mollusca
1790–1800; < New Latin, neuter plural of Latin molluscus soft; akin to mollis soft
Example Sentences
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This verbal slippage, between Alexa and Mollusca, serves as a trap door to thinking about language, time, history and human consciousness.
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2018
The phylum Mollusca is a large, mainly marine group of invertebrates.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
As the most speciose member of the Lophotrochozoa, phylum Mollusca is central to our understanding of the biology and evolution of this superphylum of protostomes.
From Nature ● Oct. 3, 2012
The Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas belongs to one of the most species-rich but genomically poorly explored phyla, the Mollusca.
From Nature ● Oct. 3, 2012
Mollusca, an order of invertebrate animals having a soft, fleshy body, which is inarticulate, and not radiate internally.
From A Manual of the Antiquity of Man by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)
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