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molluskan

molluskan is the alternative spelling of molluscan.

Meaning of molluscan

Adjective

molluscan (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to molluscs.
    • There are various ways of dealing with the fact that you are suddenly surrounded by creature who can see and would like to eat you, but one way, a molluscan specialty, is to grow a hard shell and live within or beneath it.2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins, published 2018, page 45

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Questions about molluskan

What is molluskan the alternative spelling of?
Molluskan is the alternative spelling of molluscan.

Words near molluskan in the dictionary

  1. molluscum
  2. molluscum contagiosum
  3. molluscum fibrosum
  4. molluseries
  5. mollusk
  6. molluskan
  7. molluskicidal
  8. molluskicide
  9. molluskicides
  10. mollusklike
  11. mollusks

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