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- [mol-uh sk]
- /ˈmɒl əsk/
- /ˈmɑː.ləsk/
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- [mol-uh sk]
- /ˈmɒl əsk/
Definitions of mollusk word
- noun mollusk any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body, including the chitons, snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses. 1
- noun mollusk An invertebrate of a large phylum that includes snails, slugs, mussels, and octopuses. They have a soft, unsegmented body and live in aquatic or damp habitats, and most kinds have an external calcareous shell. 1
- noun mollusk shellfish, snail 1
- countable noun mollusk A mollusk is an animal such as a snail, clam, or octopus which has a soft body. Many types of mollusk have hard shells to protect them. 0
- noun mollusk any of a large phylum (Mollusca) of invertebrate animals, including the chitons, gastropods, cephalopods, scaphopods, and bivalves characterized by a soft, unsegmented body, typically enclosed wholly or in part in a mantle and a calcareous shell, and usually having gills and a foot 0
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Origin of mollusk
First appearance:
before 1775 One of the 45% newest English words
1775-85; < French mollusque < New Latin Mollusca; see Mollusca
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Parts of speech for Mollusk
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mollusk popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mollusk
noun mollusk
- clam — Clams are a kind of shellfish which can be eaten.
- abalone — Abalone is a shellfish that you can eat and that has a shiny substance called mother-of-pearl inside its shell.
- snail — any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- whelk — a pimple or pustule.
- chiton — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a loose woollen tunic worn knee length by men and full length by women
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