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malac-

malac- is the alternative form of malaco-.

Meaning of malaco-

Prefix

malaco-

  1. Forms terms relating to molluscs.
  2. Soft.
    • malacoid

Forms of malac-

alternative formmalaco-
alternative formmalako-

Origin of malac-

From Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”), the word that French mollusque (“mollusk”), originally from Latin mollis (“soft”) was meant to be a calque of.

Questions about malac-

What is malac- the alternative form of?
Malac- is the alternative form of malaco-.

Words near malac- in the dictionary

  1. malabsorptions
  2. malabsorptive
  3. Malabuan
  4. Malabugilmah
  5. Malabuyoc
  6. malac-
  7. Malaca
  8. malacanthid
  9. malacanthids
  10. Malacara
  11. Malacaras

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Adapted from Wiktionary: malac- (page history and authors); malaco- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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