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molluscophobia

molluscophobia noun: the fear of molluscs.

Noun

molluscophobia (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The fear of molluscs.
    • Mrs. Blethering herself was not overly bright but, worse yet, was afflicted by molluscophobia (a fear of slugs and snails), which might explain why she devised ever more gruesome methods of slug assassination.2011, I. H. Smythe, “Slugfest”, in Stories for Animals, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 109
    • A recent estimate suggests that 10,000 tonnes of whelks are landed in the UK each year. But nearly all of those get exported to South-East Asia. Why? Molluscophobia? Possibly.2016, Tim Wharton, Richard Horsey, “Ugly Fish”, in Ugly Food: Overlooked and Undercooked, London: C. Hurst & Co., →ISBN, pages 132–133

Origin of molluscophobia

From mollusc + -o- + -phobia.

Questions about molluscophobia

What does molluscophobia mean?
Molluscophobia means the fear of molluscs.
What part of speech is molluscophobia?
Molluscophobia is a noun.

Words near molluscophobia in the dictionary

  1. molluscivory
  2. mollusclike
  3. molluscoid
  4. molluscoidal
  5. molluscoids
  6. molluscophobia
  7. molluscous
  8. molluscs
  9. molluscum
  10. molluscum contagiosum
  11. molluscum fibrosum

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