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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
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chiton
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ka?tn?/, /?ka?t?n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ka?tn?/, /?ka?t?n/
- Rhymes: -a?t?n
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ????? (khit?n, “tunic”), from a Central Semitic *kittan, from the Akkadian ???????? (kitû, literally “flax, linen”), from Sumerian ???????? (kitû [GIŠ.GADA])
Noun
chiton (plural chitons or chitones)
- (historical) A loose woolen tunic worn by men and women in Ancient Greece.
- 1998, Colette Susan Czapski, NM238: A Hellenistic Statue and Its Archaistic Support, Kim J. Hartswick, Mary Carol Sturgeon (editors), Stephanos: Studies in Honor of Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway, page 53,
- She wears a diaphanous himation that covers her torso, over a floor-length chiton of heavier fabric.
- 1998, Colette Susan Czapski, NM238: A Hellenistic Statue and Its Archaistic Support, Kim J. Hartswick, Mary Carol Sturgeon (editors), Stephanos: Studies in Honor of Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway, page 53,
Coordinate terms
Translations
See also
- Chiton (costume) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- American Heritage Dictionary (fourth edition, 2000) entry on the chiton
Etymology 2
From New Latin chiton. See above.
Noun
chiton (plural chitons)
- Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton.
Synonyms
- (mollusc): coat-of-mail shell, loricate, polyplacophoran, polyplacophore, sea cradle
Translations
See also
- chiton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- ONCHIT
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?xi.t?n/
- Hyphenation: chi?ton
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (khit?n).
Noun
chiton m (plural chitons)
- chiton (Greek tunic)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (khit?n).
Noun
chiton m (plural chitons or chitonen)
- chiton (mollusc of the class Polyplacophora)
- Synonym: keverslak
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