mol·lusc (m l  sk)n. Variant of mollusk. |
mollusc or US mollusk
Noun
an invertebrate with a soft unsegmented body and often a shell, such as a snail, mussel, or octopus [Latin molluscus]
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| Noun | 1. |  mollusc - invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shellcarapace, cuticle, shell, shield - hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles invertebrate - any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification Mollusca, phylum Mollusca - gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons scaphopod - burrowing marine mollusk gastropod, univalve - a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes coat-of-mail shell, polyplacophore, sea cradle, chiton - primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod - marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together cephalopod, cephalopod mollusk - marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles shellfish - meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean) |
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