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malaco-

malaco- prefix: forms terms relating to molluscs.

Prefix

malaco-

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

Forms of malaco-

alternative formmalac-
alternative formmalako-

Origin of malaco-

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

Questions about malaco-

What does malaco- mean?
Malaco- means forms terms relating to molluscs.
What part of speech is malaco-?
Malaco- is a prefix.

Words near malaco- in the dictionary

  1. malacic
  2. malacidin
  3. malacidins
  4. malacissation
  5. malacissations
  6. malaco-
  7. malacocoenoses
  8. malacocoenosis
  9. malacoderm
  10. malacoderms
  11. malacofauna

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 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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