mollusc

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 References

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• (US): mollusk

[edit] Etymology

From French mollusque, from New Latin Mollusca (phylum name), from Latin molluscus (thin-shelled), from mollis (soft); see Proto-Indo-European *mel-.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: mŏl'əsk, IPA: /ˈmɒləsk/, SAMPA: /"mQl@sk/
• (US) enPR: mäl'əsk, IPA: /ˈmɑːləsk/, SAMPA: /"mA:l@sk/

[edit] Noun

mollusc (plural molluscs)

1. A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.
2. (figuratively) A weak-willed person.

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

• Mollusca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Mollusca
• “mollusc” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• “mollusc” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• "mollusc" in On-line Medical Dictionary, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1997–2005.
• “mollusc” in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.