mollusc

See also: mol·lusc

English

Alternative forms

mollusk (American)

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: mŏl'əsk, IPA^(key): /ˈmɒləsk/
(General American) enPR: mäl'əsk, IPA^(key): /ˈmɑləsk/
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Noun

mollusc (plural molluscs)

A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.
bivalve molluscs
(figuratively) A weak-willed person.

Synonyms

(a weak-willed person): little girl, nose of wax, pushover

Hyponyms

conchiferan

Translations

soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — See also translations at clam,‎ oyster,‎ mussel

Abenaki: als
Afrikaans: weekdier
Albanian: butak (sq) m
Arabic: رِخْوِيّ‎ m (riḵwiyy)
Armenian: կակղամորթ (hy) (kakłamortʿ), մոլյուսկ (hy) (molyusk), փափկամորթ (hy) (pʿapʿkamortʿ)
Asturian: moluscu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: molyusk
Belarusian: малю́ск m (maljúsk), мяккаце́лы m (mjakkacjély)
Bengali: খোলকী (kholôkī)
Breton: blotvil (br)
Bulgarian: мекоте́ло (bg) n (mekotélo)
Burmese: ခရု (my) (hka.ru.)
Catalan: mol·lusc (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 軟體動物／软体动物 (zh) (ruǎntǐ dòngwù)
Czech: měkkýš (cs) m
Danish: bløddyr (da) n, mollusk c
Dutch: weekdier (nl) n, mollusk (nl)
Esperanto: molusko
Estonian: mollusk (et)
Finnish: nilviäinen (fi)
French: mollusque (fr)
Galician: molusco (gl) m
Georgian: მოლუსკი (molusḳi)
German: Weichtier (de) n, Molluske (de) f
Greek: μαλάκιο (el) n (malákio)
Haitian Creole: molisc
Hebrew: רַכִּיכָה‎ (he) f (rakikhá)
Hindi: सीप (hi) m (sīp), मोलस्क (molask)
Hungarian: puhatestű (hu)
Icelandic: lindýr (is) n
Ido: molusko (io)
Indonesian: moluska (id)
Italian: mollusco (it) m
Japanese: 軟体動物 (ja) (なんたいどうぶつ, nantai dōbutsu)
Kannada: ಮೃದ್ವಂಗಿ (kn) (mṛdvaṅgi)
Kazakh: жұмсақденелі (jūmsaqdenelı)
Khmer: ខ្យង (km) (khyɑɑng)
Korean: 연체동물(軟體動物) (ko) (yeonchedongmul)
Kyrgyz: моллюск (mollyusk)
Lao: ຫອຽ, ຫອຍ, ສັງຂາ (sang khā)
Latvian: molusks m, gliemis m
Lithuanian: moliuskas (lt) m, minkštakūnis m
Malay: moluska
Malayalam: മൊളസ്ക (moḷaska)
Maori: kaiwhao
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: нальахн хорхой (nalʹaxn xorxoj)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bløtdyr n
Occitan: molusc (oc) m
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: mięczak (pl) m
Portuguese: molusco (pt) m
Romanian: moluscă (ro) f
Russian: моллю́ск (ru) m (molljúsk), мягкоте́лый (ru) m (mjaxkotélyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: меку́шац m
Roman: mekúšac (sh) m
Slovak: mäkkýš (sk) m
Slovene: mehkužec (sl) m
Spanish: molusco (es) m
Swedish: blötdjur (sv) n, mollusk (sv) c
Tagalog: molusk, kumabibi
Tajik: моллюск (mollyusk)
Thai: หอย (th) (hɔ̌i)
Turkish: yumuşakça (tr)
Turkmen: mollýusk
Ukrainian: молю́ск m (moljúsk), м'якоті́лий m (mʺjakotílyj)
Urdu: مولسک‎ (molask)
Uzbek: mollyusk
Vietnamese: động vật thân mềm
Walloon: molusse (wa) m
Yiddish: מאָללוסק‎ (mollusk)

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