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[syn: mollusk, mollusc, shellfish]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mollusc \Mol"lusc\, n. (Zool.)
Same as Mollusk.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mollusk \Mol"lusk\, n. [F. mollusque, L. mollusca a kind of soft
nut with a thin shell, fr. molluscus soft, mollis soft. See
Mollify.] (Zool.)
One of the Mollusca. [Written also mollusc.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mollusc
n 1: invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually
enclosed in a shell [syn: mollusk, mollusc,
shellfish]