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mollusc

UK/ˈmɒləsk//ˈmɑləsk/

mollusc noun: a soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.

mollusc: a soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces
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Noun

mollusc (plural molluscs)

  1. A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.
    • bivalve molluscs
    • For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated from the opisthobranch mollusc Elysia rufescens, and is used by both the mollusc and its dietary alga Bryopsis spp.2016 January 21, “Choose Your Weaponry: Selective Storage of a Single Toxic Compound, Latrunculin A, by Closely Related Nudibranch Molluscs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
  2. (figuratively) A weak-willed person.

mollusc meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

mollusc in Hindi

soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel
सीप sīp, मोलस्क molask

mollusc in Tamil

சிப்பியின வகை, நத்தை, மெல்லுடலிகள், மொலக்காப்பிராணி

mollusc in Urdu

soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel
مولَسْک molask

mollusc in Bengali

soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — see also clam, oyster, mussel
খোলকী khōloki
More languagesFewer languages
mollusc in Malayalam
മൊളസ്ക moḷaska
mollusc in Kannada
ಮೃದ್ವಂಗಿ mṛdvaṅgi
mollusc in Punjabi
ਮੋਲਸਕਾ molsakā
mollusc in Tagalog
molusk, kumabibi
mollusc in Arabic
رِخْوِيّ riḵwiyy
mollusc in Malay
moluska
mollusc in Indonesian
moluska
mollusc in Thai
หอย hɔ̌i
mollusc in Vietnamese
động vật thân mềm
mollusc in Myanmar
ခရု hka.ru.

Synonyms of mollusc

Forms of mollusc

pluralmolluscs
alternative USmollusk
alternative form (archaic)mollusque

Origin of mollusc

Borrowed from French mollusque, from New Latin Mollusca (phylum name), from Latin molluscus (“thin-shelled”), from mollis (“soft”).

Words formed from mollusc

Questions about mollusc

What does mollusc mean?
Mollusc means a soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.
What is mollusc in Hindi?
Mollusc in Hindi is सीप (sīp), मोलस्क (molask). See Mollusc meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is mollusc?
Mollusc is a noun.
How do you pronounce mollusc?
Mollusc is pronounced /ˈmɒləsk/ (UK).
What is the plural of mollusc?
The plural of mollusc is molluscs.

Words near mollusc in the dictionary

  1. Molloys
  2. molls
  3. mollu-series
  4. mollugin
  5. molluginaceous
  6. mollusc
  7. mollusca
  8. molluscacidal
  9. molluscacide
  10. molluscacides
  11. molluscan

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mollusc (page history and authors); mollusc (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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