mollusc
noun/ˈmɒləsk/
/ˈmɑːləsk/
(British English) (US English mollusk)
(specialist)- any creature with a soft body that is not divided into different sections, and usually a hard outer shell. Snails and slugs are molluscs. compare bivalve, shellfishTopics Insects, worms, etc.c2Word Originlate 18th cent.: from modern Latin mollusca, neuter plural of Latin molluscus, from mollis ‘soft’.
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