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Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: mollusque, from Latin molluscus 'soft', from mollis; MOLLIFY

mollusc

 noun
     
mollusc
Related topics: Animals
mol‧lusc British English ; mollusk American English [countable]
HBA a type of sea or land animal that has a soft body covered by a hard shell:
snails and other molluscs
—molluscan adjective:
molluscan prey
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