mollusc
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See also: mol·lusc
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French mollusque, from New Latin Mollusca (phylum name), from Latin molluscus (“thin-shelled”), from mollis (“soft”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɒləsk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑləsk/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
[edit]mollusc (plural molluscs)
- A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.
- Hyponym: conchiferan
- bivalve molluscs
- 2016 January 21, “Choose Your Weaponry: Selective Storage of a Single Toxic Compound, Latrunculin A, by Closely Related Nudibranch Molluscs”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- 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.
- 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 25:
- Searching for hard-shelled prey – molluscs, crabs and the like – there are two species of bear otter in Kanapoi.
- (figuratively) A weak-willed person.
- Synonyms: little girl, nose of wax, pushover
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References
[edit]- Mollusca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “mollusc”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “mollusc”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "mollusc" in On-line Medical Dictionary, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1997–2005.
- "mollusc" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
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