mollusc en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɑləsk/ (General-American)
- /ˈmɒləsk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from French mollusque, from New Latin Mollusca (phylum name), from Latin molluscus (“thin-shelled”), from mollis (“soft”).
Meanings
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A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.
Searching for hard-shelled prey – molluscs, crabs and the like – there are two species of bear otter in Kanapoi.
2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 25: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.
2016 January 21, “Choose Your Weaponry: Selective Storage of a Single Toxic Compound, Latrunculin A, by Closely Related Nudibranch Molluscs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:bivalve molluscs
- (figuratively) A weak-willed person.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| molluscs | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| mollusque | alternative, archaic | lexicographic | |
| mollusk | US, alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
molluscophobia · micromollusc · molluscous · molluscivore · molluscicide
Hypernyms
creature · organism · animal · invertebrate · invertebrate · animal
Hyponyms
conch · bivalve · ormer · abalone · cockle · mussel · chiton · whelk · snail · octopus · clam · cephalopod · nautilus · oyster · squid · cuttlefish · slug · gastropod · periwinkle · scallop · limpet
Relateds
Synonyms
nose of wax · mollusc · pushover · little girl
Translations (92)
be малю́ск (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · ms moluska (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · fr mollusque (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · km ខ្យង (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · ht molisc (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · ro moluscă (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · cs měkkýš (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · mi kaiwhao (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · uk молю́ск (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · ml മൊളസ്ക (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · ko 연체동물 (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · nb bløtdyr (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · cy meddalog (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · da bløddyr (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · hi सीप (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · abe als (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · ky моллюск (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · it mollusco (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · uk м'якоті́лий (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · tg моллюск (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · hy մոլյուսկ (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · ur مولَسْک (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · mn нальахн хорхой (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · tl kumabibi (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · de Weichtier (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · be мяккаце́лы (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · ca mol·lusc (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · hu puhatestű (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · gl molusco (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · vi động vật thân mềm (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · pt molusco (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · lo ຫອຽ (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · et mollusk (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · uz mollyusk (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · cmn 軟體動物 /软体动物 (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · ka მოლუსკი (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · sl mehkužec (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · he רַכִּיכָה (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · sq butak (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · el μαλάκιο (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · ar رِخْوِيّ (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · tl molusk (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · lv molusks (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · lv gliemis (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · hi मोलस्क (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · lt minkštakūnis (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · tr yumuşakça (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · fa-ira نَرْمتَن (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · lo ຫອຍ (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · es molusco (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · la molluscum (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · hy փափկամորթ (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · wa molusse (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · bg мекоте́ло (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · da mollusk (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · eo molusko (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · id moluska (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · sh меку́шац (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · ru моллю́ск (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · hy կակղամորթ (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · bn খোলকী (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · af weekdier (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · mk мекотел (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · kk жұмсақденелі (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · yi מאָללוסק (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · tk mollýusk (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · az molyusk (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · chr ᎼᎸᏍᎩ (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · io molusko (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · nl mollusk (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · my ခရု (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · fa-ira نَرْمتَنان (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · ast moluscu (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · sv blötdjur (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · de Molluske (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · nl weekdier (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · is lindýr (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · pl mięczak (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · lo ສັງຂາ (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · ru мягкоте́лый (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · br blotvil (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · sv mollusk (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · kn ಮೃದ್ವಂಗಿ (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · sh mekúšac (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · oc molusc (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · lt moliuskas (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · pa ਮੋਲਸਕਾ (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · ga moileasc (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · th หอย (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · ja 軟体動物 (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · fi nilviäinen (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel) · sk mäkkýš (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel)