mollusk
1Mollusk — Mol lusk, n. [F. mollusque, L. mollusca a kind of soft nut with a thin shell, fr. molluscus soft, mollis soft. See {Mollify}.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of the Mollusca. [Written also {mollusc}.] [1913 Webster] …
2mollusk — (n.) 1783, mollusque (modern spelling from 1839), from Fr. mollusque, from Mod.L. Mollusca (see MOLLUSCA (Cf. Mollusca)), the phylum name. Related: Molluscuous; molluscan …
3mollusk — [mäl′əsk] n. [Fr mollusque < ModL Mollusca, coined by CUVIER Baron Georges (Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert) < L mollusca, a soft shelled nut < molluscus, soft < mollis: see MOLLIFY] any of a large phylum (Mollusca) of invertebrate …
4mollusk — molluskan, molluscan /meuh lus keuhn/, adj., n. mollusklike, adj. /mol euhsk/, n. any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body,… …
5mollusk — моллюск mollusk pusher скребок для сбора моллюсков mollusk meal for soup мука из мяса моллюсков mollusk meal кормовая мука из отходов обработки моллюсков …
6mollusk — noun invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell • Syn: ↑mollusc, ↑shellfish • Hypernyms: ↑invertebrate • Hyponyms: ↑scaphopod, ↑gastropod, ↑ …
7Mollusk, Virginia — Mollusk   Unincorporated community   …
8mollusk — or mollusc noun Etymology: French mollusque, from New Latin Mollusca, from Latin, neuter plural of molluscus thin shelled (of a nut), from mollis Date: 1783 any of a large phylum (Mollusca) of invertebrate animals (as snails, clams, or squids)… …
9Mollusk — Weichtiere Nautilus Systematik Unterreich: Vielzellige Tiere (Metazoa) Abteilung …
10mollusk — Common name for members of the phylum Mollusca, although usually restricted to the gastropods and bivalves. SYN: mollusc. * * * mol·lusk or mol·lusc mäl əsk n any invertebrate animal of the phylum Mollusca mol·lus·can also mol·lus·kan mə les kən …
