In the early 1800s the French malacologist Pierre Denys de Montfort published an account of a British ship of the line that he claimed had been sunk, and its crew devoured, by a Colossal octopus, or Kraken.
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Malacologist
Synonyms for "malacologist" (4 found)
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13 translations across 8 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 軟體動物學家 /软体动物学家 noun (person who studies molluscs)
Finnish
2 entries- malakologi noun (person who studies molluscs)
- nilviäistutkija noun (person who studies molluscs)
French
1 entries- malacologue noun (person who studies molluscs)
Galician
2 entries- malacóloga noun (person who studies molluscs)
- malacólogo noun (person who studies molluscs)
German
2 entries- Malakologe noun (person who studies molluscs)
- Malakologin noun (person who studies molluscs)
Hungarian
1 entries- malakológus noun (person who studies molluscs)
Italian
2 entries- malacologa noun (person who studies molluscs)
- malacologo noun (person who studies molluscs)
Spanish
2 entries- malacóloga noun (person who studies molluscs)
- malacólogo noun (person who studies molluscs)
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