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molluscan, a. and n. Zool.|məˈlʌskən|
[f. prec. + -an.]
a. adj. Of, pertaining to, or having the characters of the Mollusca.
b. n. One of the Mollusca; a mollusc.
1828–32in Webster. 1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. I. viii. 236 The Cirripedes..seem to have little to do with the bivalve Molluscans. Ibid. 255 The superiority of the Insect over the Molluscan tribes. 1883Gd. Words Aug. 531/2 The molluscan population of our British shores. |