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mollusc
English
Alternative forms
- (US) mollusk
Etymology
From French mollusque, from New Latin Mollusca (phylum name), from Latin molluscus (“thin-shelled”), from mollis (“soft”); see Proto-Indo-European *mel-.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: m?l'?sk, IPA(key): /?m?l?sk/
- (General American) enPR: mäl'?sk, IPA(key): /?m?l?sk/
Noun
mollusc (plural molluscs)
- A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.
- (figuratively) A weak-willed person.
Synonyms
- (a weak-willed person): little girl, nose of wax, pushover
Translations
References
- Mollusca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “mollusc”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
- “mollusc” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "mollusc" in On-line Medical Dictionary, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1997–2005.
- "mollusc" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
Anagrams
- Collums, Culloms
mollusc From the web:
- what molluscum
- what mollusc has no radula
- what molluscum contagiosum
- what molluscs eat
- what molluscs have radula
- what mollusks produce pearls
- what mollusk is thought to be very intelligent
- what mollusks belong to class bivalvia
auriform
English
Etymology
Latin auris (“ear”) +? -form
Adjective
auriform (comparative more auriform, superlative most auriform)
- Having the form of the human ear; ear-shaped.
- The gastropod mollusc abalone is auriform, and therefore also known as the ear shell.
Translations
References
- auriform in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
auriform From the web:
- what does uniform mean
- uniform shape
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- what does uniform represent
- what does it mean if something is uniform
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