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mol·lusk (mäl′əsk)

noun

any of a large phylum (Mollusca) of invertebrate animals, including the chitons, gastropods, cephalopods, scaphopods, and bivalves characterized by a soft, unsegmented body, typically enclosed wholly or in part in a mantle and a calcareous shell, and usually having gills and a foot

Etymology: Fr mollusque < ModL Mollusca, coined by Baron Georges (Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert) Cuvier < L mollusca, a soft-shelled nut < molluscus, soft < mollis: see mollify

mollusk Related Forms
mol·lus′·kan (mə lus′kən) adjective, noun
mollusk Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • articulate: Conseil observed and classified his zoophytes, articulates, mollusks, and fish.
  • include: Such vectors have proven useful in modification of a range of edible marine animals including mollusks [ 18 ] .

Adjective modifier

  • pearl-forming: Weaves science, art, literature, history, andjewelry into the story of pearl-forming mollusks.
  • saltwater: Pinctada Fucata: The industry term for the saltwater mollusk that produces Akoya cultured pearls.
  • marine: They are usually beds containing numbers of fossils of marine mollusks, the calcareous shells of which supply calcium.
  • fresh: Mother-of-Pearl Iridescent, milky interior shell of the fresh water mollusk that is sliced thin and used on watch dials.

Noun used with modifier

  • freshwater: Rare and endangered freshwater mollusks in eastern United States.
  • water: Mother-of-Pearl Iridescent, milky interior shell of the fresh water mollusk that is sliced thin and used on watch dials.

Browse dictionary entries near mollusk

  1. ‹ molluscoid
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  7. ‹ Molise
  8. ‹ moline
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  10. ‹ molest
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