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malacoid

malacoid adjective: soft-bodied.

Adjective

malacoid (comparative more malacoid, superlative most malacoid)

  1. soft-bodied

Forms of malacoid

comparativemore malacoid
superlativemost malacoid

Origin of malacoid

From malac- + -oid or malaco- + -id.

Questions about malacoid

What does malacoid mean?
Malacoid means soft-bodied.
What part of speech is malacoid?
Malacoid is an adjective.

Words near malacoid in the dictionary

  1. malacocoenosis
  2. malacoderm
  3. malacoderms
  4. malacofauna
  5. malacofaunal
  6. malacoid
  7. malacolite
  8. malacolites
  9. malacological
  10. malacologist
  11. malacologists

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