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molluscous

molluscous adjective: molluscan.

Adjective

molluscous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) molluscan

Origin of molluscous

From mollusc + -ous.

Questions about molluscous

What does molluscous mean?
Molluscous means molluscan.
What part of speech is molluscous?
Molluscous is an adjective.

Words near molluscous in the dictionary

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

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