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molluscoid

molluscoid adjective: belonging to the former phylum Molluscoidea, which somewhat resembled mollusks.

Adjective

molluscoid (comparative more molluscoid, superlative most molluscoid)

  1. (obsolete) belonging to the former phylum Molluscoidea, which somewhat resembled mollusks.

Noun

molluscoid (plural molluscoids)

  1. (obsolete) Any of the Molluscoidea.

Forms of molluscoid

Adjective
comparativemore molluscoid
superlativemost molluscoid
Noun
pluralmolluscoids

Origin of molluscoid

From taxonomic name Mollusca + -oid.

Questions about molluscoid

What does molluscoid mean?
Molluscoid means belonging to the former phylum Molluscoidea, which somewhat resembled mollusks.
What part of speech is molluscoid?
Molluscoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near molluscoid in the dictionary

  1. molluscivore
  2. molluscivores
  3. molluscivorous
  4. molluscivory
  5. mollusclike
  6. molluscoid
  7. molluscoidal
  8. molluscoids
  9. molluscophobia
  10. molluscous
  11. molluscs

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