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Mollusc

//ˈmɒləsk// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.

    "bivalve molluscs"

  2. 2
    invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell wordnet
  3. 3
    A weak-willed person. figuratively

Etymology

Borrowed from French mollusque, from New Latin Mollusca (phylum name), from Latin molluscus (“thin-shelled”), from mollis (“soft”).

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