Mollusc

//ˈmɒləsk// noun

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Definitions

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

Synonyms

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little girlmolluskmollusknose of waxpushovershellfish

Example

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"For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated from the opisthobranch mollusc Elysia rufescens, and is used by both the mollusc and its dietary alga Bryopsis spp."

Etymology

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

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