mollusca

See also: Mollusca

Latin

Pronunciation

• mollusca: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /molˈlus.ka/, [mɔlˈlʲʊs̠kä]
• mollusca: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /molˈlus.ka/, [molˈluskä]
• molluscā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /molˈlus.kaː/, [mɔlˈlʲʊs̠käː]
• molluscā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /molˈlus.ka/, [molˈluskä]

Etymology 1

Feminine of molluscus (“soft”), from mollis (“soft”).

Noun

mollusca f (genitive molluscae); first declension

1. a kind of soft nut with a thin shell

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mollusca	molluscae
Genitive	molluscae	molluscārum
Dative	molluscae	molluscīs
Accusative	molluscam	molluscās
Ablative	molluscā	molluscīs
Vocative	mollusca	molluscae

Related terms

• molle
• mollēscō
• mollicellus
• mollicīna
• mollicomus

• molliculus
• mollificō
• mollificus
• mollīmentum
• molliō

• mollipēs
• mollis
• molliter
• mollitia
• mollitōrius

• mollitūdō
• mollītus
• molluscum
• molluscus

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) mollusca

1. inflection of molluscus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) molluscā

1. ablative feminine singular of molluscus

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /molˈlus.ka/, [mɔlˈlʲʊs̠kä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /molˈlus.ka/, [molˈluskä]

Noun

(deprecated template usage) mollusca

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of molluscum