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mollusc

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mol=lusc

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun mollusc has 1 sense

mollusc(n = noun.animal) mollusk, shellfish - invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell; Array

has parts: carapace, cuticle, shell, shield, shellfish

is a kind of invertebrate

is a member of mollusca, phylum mollusca

has particulars: scaphopod, gastropod, univalve, chiton, coat-of-mail shell, polyplacophore, sea cradle, bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod, cephalopod, cephalopod mollusk

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CIDE DICTIONARY

mollusc, n.

Same as Mollusk. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

mollusc, n. (US mollusk) any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, with a soft body and usu. a hard shell, including limpets, snails, cuttlefish, oysters, mussels, etc.

Derivative

molluscan adj. molluscoid adj. molluscous adj.

Etymology

mod.L mollusca neut. pl. of L molluscus f. mollis soft

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